Portlandia (bivalve)

Genus of bivalves

Portlandia

Fossil Portlandia arctica
Scientific classification
Kingdom:  | Animalia
Phylum:  | Mollusca
Class:  | Bivalvia
Order:  | Nuculanida
Family:  | Yoldiidae
Genus:  | Portlandia
Mörch, 1857
Synonyms[1]

* Nuculana (Portlandia) Mörch, 1857
* Leda (Portlandia) Mörch, 1857

Portlandia is a genus of marine bivalve mollusks in the family Yoldiidae.[1][2] They can be found in all the oceans.[2] The genus includes Portlandia arctica, the bivalve which gave its name – when it was still known as Yoldia arctica – to the Yoldia Sea.[3]

## Species

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There are six recognized species:[1]

* Portlandia aestuariorum (Mosevich, 1928)
* Portlandia arctica (Gray, 1824)
* Portlandia glacialis (J. E. Gray, 1825)
* Portlandia isonota (Martens, 1881)
* Portlandia pachia (A. E. Verrill & Bush, 1898)
* Portlandia sulcifera (Reeve, 1855)

## References

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1. ^ a b c Bieler R, Bouchet P, Gofas S, Marshall B, Rosenberg G, La Perna R, Neubauer TA, Sartori AF, Schneider S, Vos C, ter Poorten JJ, Taylor J, Dijkstra H, Finn J, Bank R, Neubert E, Moretzsohn F, Faber M, Houart R, Picton B, Garcia-Alvarez O, eds. (2022). "Portlandia Mörch, 1857". MolluscaBase. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 13 October 2022.
2. ^ a b "Portlandia Mörch, 1857". Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved 13 October 2022.
3. ^ Tikkanen, Matti & Oksanen, Juha (2002). "Late Weichselian and Holocene shore displacement history of the Baltic Sea in Finland". Fennia. 180 (1–2): 9–20.1–2&rft.pages=9-20&rft.date=2002&rft.aulast=Tikkanen&rft.aufirst=Matti&rft.au=Oksanen,+Juha&rft_id=https://fennia.journal.fi/article/view/3760&rfr_id=info:sid/en.wikipedia.org:Portlandia+(bivalve)" class="Z3988">

Taxon identifiers

Portlandia|

* Wikidata: Q5051456
* BOLD: 210804
* CoL: 7PD6L
* EoL: 29684
* GBIF: 2285514
* ITIS: 79231
* NBN: NHMSYS0021054964
* NCBI: 1421209
* Open Tree of Life: 2865348
* WoRMS: 138671

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