Yoldia hyperborea (A. Gould, 1841)

Lisitsyna, Kseniya N. & Kamenev, Gennady M., 2024, New and rare bivalve species for the fauna of the Kuril Islands (northwestern Pacific Ocean): A study of materials collected over 70 years of expeditions (from 1949 to 2019), Zootaxa 5523 (2), pp. 231-253 : 238

Yoldia hyperborea (A. Gould, 1841)

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Nucula hyperborea A. Gould, 1841: 99.

Yoldia hyperborea (A.A. Gould, 1841)— Lutaenko & Noseworthy 2012: 23.

Material examined: two specimens from the sea slope of Paramushir Island (94–215 m) .

Distribution: Sea of Japan; Sea of Okhotsk; northern Kuril Islands (Paramushir Island); Kamchatka Peninsula; Bering Sea; Beaufort Sea, Alaska, to San Diego, California; Arctic Ocean; North Atlantic ( Norway, Iceland, Greenland) (4–667 m) ( Scarlato 1981; Coan, Valentich-Scott & Bernard 2000; Okutani 2000; Kantor & Sysoev 2005; Lutaenko & Noseworthy 2012).

Remarks: This is a new record from the region of the Kuril Islands.

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FIGURE 2. New and rare bivalve species for the fauna of the Kuril Islands. (A, B) Acila divaricata (Kunashir Strait, 200 m, shell length 29.7 mm). (C, D) Acila insignis (Yuri Island, 1000 m, shell length 11.0 mm). (E, F) Nuculana ensiformis (Shikotan Island, 200 m, shell length 22.5 mm). (G, H) Poroleda ushakovi (Shumshu Island, 820 m, shell length 17.1 mm). (I, J) Robaia robai (Kunashir Strait, 300 m, shell length 16.3 mm). (K, L) Yoldia hyperborea (Paramushir Island, 215 m, shell length 19.0 mm). (M, N) Scanning electron micrographs of Huxleyia pentadonta (Paramushir Island, 214 m, shell length 2.3 mm). (O, P) Samacar kurilensis (Iturup Island, 265–270 m, shell length 16.5 mm). (Q, R) Tetrarca boucardi (Shpanberg Strait, 55 m, shell length 20.0 mm). (S, T) Limopsis oliveri (Urup Island, 50 m, shell length 9.0 mm). (U, V) Limopsis vaginata (Iturup Island, 600 m, shell length 26.3 mm).