Portlandia (bivalve)
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''Portlandia'' is a genus of marine bivalve mollusks in the
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Yoldiidae. They can be found in all the oceans. The genus includes '' Portlandia arctica'', the bivalve which gave its name – when it was still known as '' Yoldia arctica'' – to the
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Species

There are six recognized species:


References

Yoldiidae Bivalve genera Taxa named by Otto Andreas Lowson Mörch {{bivalve-stub