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Pandoridae

Bivalvia - Pandorida - Pandoridae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1815Pandoridae Rafinesque
1904Pandoridae Glenn p. 357
1965Pandoridae Newell p. 21
1980Pandoridae Vokes p. 206
1987Pandoridae Ward and Blackwelder p. 131
2000Pandoridae Coan et al. p. 466
2006Pandoridae Bieler and Mikkelsen p. 231
2009Pandoridae Nevesskaja
2010Pandoridae Bouchet et al.
2011Pandoridae Carter et al. p. 18
2014Pandoridae Hickman p. 5

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
Eubivalvia
subclassAutobranchia(Groblen 1894)
RankNameAuthor
infraclassHeteroconchia(Gray 1854)
CardiomorphiFerussac 1822
CardioniFerussac 1822
CardiidiaFerussac 1822
PoromyataRidewood 1903
orderPandoridaStewart 1930
superfamilyPandoroidea(Rafinesque 1815)
familyPandoridaeRafinesque 1815
familyPandoridaeRafinesque 1815

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.

Fm. Pandoridae Rafinesque 1815
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G. Clidiophora Carpenter 1864
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Clidiophora claviculata Carpenter 1856
G. Foveadens Dall 1915
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G. Pandora Bruguière 1797
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Subg. †Pandora (Frenamya) Iredale 1930
Subg. Pandora (Heteroclidus) Dall 1903
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Heteroclidus punctata Conrad 1837 [punctate pandora]
Subg. Pandora (Pandorella) Conrad 1863
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Pandora (Pandorella) bilirata Conrad 1855 [bilirate pandora]
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Invalid names: Pandora (Kennerlia) bicarinata Carpenter 1863 [synonym]
Pandora (Pandorella) filosa Carpenter 1863 [threaded pandora]
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Invalid names: Pandora (Pandorella) grandis Dall 1877 [synonym]
Invalid names: Kennerlia Carpenter 1864 [synonym]
Pandora cistula Gould 1850
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Invalid names: Kennerlyia patagonica Dall 1915 [synonym]
Pandora copiosa Sorgenfrei 1958
Pandora dilatata Deshayes 1857
Pandora eocapsella Hickman 2014
Pandora grandis Dall 1877
Pandora inaequivalvis Linnaeus 1758
Pandora laevis Hickman 1969
Pandora pimaeva Deshayes 1857
Pandora scapha Gabb 1866
Pandora washingtonensis Weaver 1916
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: facultatively mobilef
Life habit: infaunalf
Diet: suspension feederf
Vision: blindc
Comments: LIFE HISTORY: IS, MA, UN, SU according to Todd (2001).f
Created: 2009-07-04 09:13:09
Modified: 2009-09-09 09:58:48
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Todd 2001, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Danian to the top of the Holocene or 66.00000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 61.66 Ma

Collections (169 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Danian66.0 - 61.66USA (Texas) Pandora sp. (205466)
Ypresian - Lutetian56.0 - 41.03USA (Oregon) Pandora sp. (200883)
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03USA (Oregon) Pandora sp. (200895 200897)
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03United Kingdom (England) Pandora defrancii (8124)
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71USA (Washington) Pandora washingtonensis (52204 52205 52206)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9USA (Oregon) Pandora eocapsella (39951) Pandora laevis (38940)
Oligocene33.9 - 23.04USA (Washington) Pandora vanwinkleae (208169)
Chattian27.3 - 23.04USA (Washington) Pandora vanwinkleae (52356 52362 208161) Pandora washingtonensis (52380)
Chattian27.3 - 23.04USA (Alaska) Pandora yakatagensis (195964 195965)
Late/Upper Oligocene27.3 - 23.04USA (California) Pandora acutirostrata (122273)
Late/Upper Oligocene27.3 - 23.04Russian Federation Pandora wajampolkensis (70528)
Aquitanian - Burdigalian23.04 - 15.98Russian Federation Pandora wajampolkensis (50041)
Early/Lower Miocene23.04 - 15.98USA (Washington) Pandora washingtonensis (241805)
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98USA (Florida) Pandora dodona (42482 42605 42642 42663)
Langhian15.98 - 13.82USA (Maryland) Pandora sp. (69023)
Langhian15.98 - 13.82USA (California) Pandora acutirostrata (206393)
Langhian - Serravallian15.98 - 11.63Russian Federation Pandora kavranensis (50037) Pandora korfiensis (49979)
Langhian - Serravallian15.98 - 11.63Netherlands Pandora copiosa (186883 186884)
Middle Miocene15.98 - 11.63Japan Pandora sp. (81704)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.63Japan Pandora sp. (44962)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.63USA (Florida) Pandora dodona (42692 42870 42884 42886 43023 43036 43048 80018 94810 111204 136943)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.63USA (Maryland) Pandora sp. (70829)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.63Belgium Pandora copiosa (77859)
Tortonian11.63 - 7.246Dominican Republic Pandora inconspicua (58816 58817)
Tortonian11.63 - 7.246Panama Pandora inconspicua (93172)
Tortonian11.63 - 7.246USA (Alaska) Pandora grandis (37398)
Tortonian11.63 - 7.246Russian Federation Pandora gretschischkini (49978)
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333USA (Virginia) Pandora crassidens (79752 79754 79756)
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333USA (Maryland) Pandora sp. (69032)
Tortonian - Messinian11.63 - 5.333Russian Federation Pandora gretschischkini, Pandora pulchella (49977)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Panama (Colon) Pandora sp. (79855)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6USA (California) Pandora punctata (220194)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Russian Federation Pandora pulchella (50042)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Chile Pandora sp. (78555)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Venezuela Pandora sp. (131241)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Trinidad and Tobago Pandora sp. (60649)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Belgium Pandora pinna (86801 86802)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6United Kingdom (England) Pandora inaequivalvis (84755)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58USA (California) Pandora grandis (96885)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58Russian Federation Pandora pulchella (49976)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58Japan Pandora wardiana (97076)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58USA (Alaska) Pandora grandis (112321)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.58USA (Florida) Pandora arenosa (59486)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.58USA (Virginia) Pandora arenosa (78261 78265 78266 78270) Pandora crassidens (78262 78264 78269) Pandora sp. (80040)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.58USA (North Carolina) Pandora sp. (79342) Pandora tuomeyi (58894 58895)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.58USA (California) Pandora punctata (238436 238606 239465 239470)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.58Venezuela Pandora bushiana (131210)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.58Japan (Niigata) Pandora pulchella (89861)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.58United Kingdom (England) Pandora pinna (84764)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.58Belgium Pandora pinna (86804 86805)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.58USA (California) Pandora bilirata (122752) Pandora filosa (189542) Pandora punctata (226581)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.58Peru Pandora sp. (219107)
Late/Upper Pliocene - Early/Lower Pleistocene3.6 - 0.774USA (California) Pandora punctata (238614)
Gelasian2.58 - 1.8USA (North Carolina) Pandora tuomeyi (71138)
Gelasian2.58 - 1.8USA (California) Clidiophora punctata (207762) Heteroclidus punctatus (214279 214285 214286) Pandora bilirata (214282) Pandora punctata (207642 207656 207667 207672 207673 207676 207697 207699 207701 207715)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774USA (South Carolina) Pandora trilineata (60944)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774USA (California) Pandora grandis (231899) Pandora grandis, Pandora bilirata (168757)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774Costa Rica Pandora sp. (66777)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774USA (North Carolina) Pandora naviculoides (59315 59316) Pandora tuomeyi (58897) Pandora tuorneyi (80033 80035)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774Greenland Pandora glacialis (75092 75099)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774Chile Pandora cistula (89241)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774USA (Florida) Pandora crassidens (79331) Pandora sp. (69029 79787)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117USA (North Carolina) Pandora tuomeyi, Pandora crassidens (59313)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117USA (New Jersey) Pandora gouldiana, Pandora trilineata (66622)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117USA (California) Pandora punctata (237610)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117USA (Oregon) Kennerlia grandis (71142)
Calabrian1.8 - 0.774USA (Florida) Pandora crassidens (41705)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Greenland Pandora glacialis (75200)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129USA (Florida) Pandora bushiana, Pandora tuomeyi, Pandora trilineata (67069)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129USA (California) Kennerlia bicarinata, Kennerlia filosa, Clidiophora punctata (222663) Pandora filosa (202637) Pandora grandis (202639 202644 202647 223307 223312 223316 223327) Pandora grandis, Pandora filosa (202645)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Virginia) Pandora gouldiana (57706) Pandora gouldiana, Pandora trilineata (57702 57705)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Maryland) Pandora gouldiana (66721)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (California) Clidiophora punctata (222660) Pandora punctata (59063 96566 160361 219029 240555 240615 240617 240635)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (North Carolina) Pandora arenosa (66742) Pandora trilineata, Pandora trilineatus (66751 66752) Pandora tuomeyi (69045)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Maine) Pandora glacialis (66345) Pandora glacialis, Pandora arctica (66339) Pandora trilineata (80131)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (South Carolina) Pandora trilineata, Pandora trilineatus (66760)
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene0.129 - 0.0Panama (Panama) Foveadens panamensis (160394)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Canada (Ontario) Pandora glacialis (66527)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0USA (Louisiana) Pandora trilineata (41935 92776)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Canada (Nunavut) Pandora glacialis (74988)