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Pandora (Pandorella) wardiana

Bivalvia - Pandorida - Pandoridae

Taxonomy
Pandora wardiana was named by Adams (1860) [DISTRIBUTION: Miocene-Recent; Alaska-Washington]. It is extant.

It was recombined as Pandora (Pandorella) wardiana by Coan et al. (2000).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1860Pandora wardiana Adams
1877Pandora (Kennerlyia) grandis Dall p. 5
1913Kennerlyia grandis Arnold and Hannibal
1964Pandora grandis Faustman p. 118
2000Pandora (Pandorella) wardiana Coan et al. p. 521

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
Eubivalvia
subclassAutobranchia(Groblen 1894)
infraclassHeteroconchia(Gray 1854)
RankNameAuthor
CardiomorphiFerussac 1822
CardioniFerussac 1822
CardiidiaFerussac 1822
PoromyataRidewood 1903
orderPandoridaStewart 1930
superfamilyPandoroidea(Rafinesque 1815)
familyPandoridaeRafinesque 1815
genusPandoraBruguière 1797
subgenusPandorella(Conrad 1863)
specieswardiana(Adams 1860)

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

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Invalid names: Pandora (Pandorella) grandis Dall 1877 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: facultatively mobileg
Life habit: infaunalg
Diet: suspension feederg
Vision: blindc
Created: 2009-09-09 07:58:19
Modified: 2009-09-09 09:58:19
Source: g = genus, c = class
References: Sanchez Roig 1926, Todd 2001, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Tortonian to the top of the Pliocene or 11.62000 to 2.58800 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246USA (Alaska) Pandora grandis (37398)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Japan Pandora wardiana (97076)