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Arctic yoldia

Portlandia arctica (J. E. Gray, 1824)

Status not recordedmolluscs

The Arctic yoldia (Portlandia arctica) is a species in the family Yoldiidae, order Nuculanida.

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Quick facts about the Arctic yoldia

Weight
Not recorded
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
Not recorded
Young per litter or clutch
Not recorded
Conservation status
Not recorded
Countries on record
Not recorded

Where does the Arctic yoldia live?

Not recorded

Is the Arctic yoldia endangered?

No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.

How is the Arctic yoldia classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumMollusca
  3. classBivalvia
  4. orderNuculanida
  5. familyYoldiidae
  6. genusPortlandia
  7. SpeciesPortlandia arctica (J. E. Gray, 1824)

Synonyms Arca glacialis, Leda collinsoni, Nucula arctica, Nucula portlandica, Nucula siliqua, Portlandia arctica, Portlandia arctica arctica, Portlandia arctica siliqua, Portlandia arctica typica, Portlandia arctica var. siliqua, Portlandia dubia, Yoldia arctica, Yoldia arctica arctica, Yoldia arctica var. inflata, Yoldia arctica var. nux, Yoldia arctica var. ovata, Yoldia glacialis, Yoldia siliqua, Yoldiella siliqua

Other names and names in other languages (1)
  • арктическая портландияRussian

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the Arctic yoldia

Other species in the same genus Portlandia.

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Common questions

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What kind of animal is the Arctic yoldia?

The Arctic yoldia (Portlandia arctica) belongs to the family Yoldiidae in the order Nuculanida.

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Data as of 2026-11-11. How this page is put together.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Arctic yoldia (Portlandia arctica). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/arctic-yoldia

MLA

“Arctic yoldia (Portlandia arctica).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/arctic-yoldia.

BibTeX
@misc{arctic_yoldia_2026,
  title = {Arctic yoldia (Portlandia arctica)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/arctic-yoldia},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}