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Spoon Clam

Yoldia limatula (Say 1831)

Breeding Season

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Care of Adults

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Cleavage

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Later Stages of Development and Metamorphosis

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Living Material

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References

  • Drew, G. A., 1897. Notes on the embryology, anatomy, and habits of Yoldia limatula, Say. Johns Hopkins Univ. Circ., 17: 11-14.
  • Drew, G. A., 1899a. The anatomy, habits, and embryology of Yoldia limatula, Say. Mem. Biol. Lab., Johns Hopkins Univ., 4: no. 3, 1-37.
  • Drew, G. A., 1899b. Some observations on the habits, anatomy and embryology of members of the Protobranchia. Anat. Anz., 15: 493-519.

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C. Henley

Living Material

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Preparation of Cultures

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Procuring Gametes

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Rate of Development

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The Unfertilized Ovum

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Yoldia limatula

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Yoldia limatula, commonly called the file yoldia, is a clam in the family Yoldiidae. It can be found along the Atlantic coast of North America, from the Gulf of St. Lawrence to New Jersey, as well as along the Pacific coast, from Alaska to San Diego.[1]

References

  1. ^ Abbott, R.T. & Morris, P.A. A Field Guide to Shells: Atlantic and Gulf Coasts and the West Indies. New York: Houghton Mifflin, 1995. 6.
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Yoldia limatula: Brief Summary

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Yoldia limatula, commonly called the file yoldia, is a clam in the family Yoldiidae. It can be found along the Atlantic coast of North America, from the Gulf of St. Lawrence to New Jersey, as well as along the Pacific coast, from Alaska to San Diego.

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Distribution

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Gulf of St. Lawrence (unspecified region), northern Gaspe waters, southern Gaspe waters (Baie des Chaleurs, Gaspe Bay to American, Orphan and Bradelle banks; eastern boundary: eastern Bradelle Valley), Magdalen Islands (from eastern Bradelle valley to the west, as far as Cape North, including the Cape Breton Channel), Prince Edward Island (from the northern tip of Miscou Island, N.B. to Cape Breton Island south of Cheticamp, including the Northumberland Strait and Georges Bay to the Canso Strait causeway), lower St. Lawrence estuary, middle North Shore (from Sept- Iles to Cape Whittle, including the Mingan Islands); western slope of Newfoundland, including the southern part of the Strait of Belle Isle but excluding the upper 50m in the area southwest of Newfoundland; North Carolina

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North-West Atlantic Ocean species (NWARMS)

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Habitat

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infralittoral and circalittoral of the Gulf and estuary

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