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Pandora

Bivalvia - Pandorida - Pandoridae

Taxonomy

Pandora was named by Bruguière (1797) [Sepkoski's age data: T Eo-l R Sepkoski's reference number: 1066]. It is extant. Its type is Solen inaequivalvis.

It was assigned to Pholadomyoida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Pandoridae by Glenn (1904), Durham (1944), Faustman (1964), Vokes (1980), Woodring (1982), Ward and Blackwelder (1987), Frassinetti and Covacevich (1995), Lamprell and Healy (1998), Nielson and Valdovinos (2008), Bouchet et al. (2010) and Hickman (2014).

Species

P. (Frenamya), P. (Heteroclidus), P. (Pandora), P. (Pandorella) (syn. Kennerlia), P. cistula (syn. Kennerlyia patagonica), P. copiosa, P. dilatata, P. eocapsella, P. grandis, P. inaequivalvis, P. laevis, P. pimaeva, P. scapha, P. washingtonensis

Species lacking formal opinion data

P. pulchella

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1797	Pandora Bruguière
1904	Pandora Glenn p. 357
1944	Pandora Durham p. 142
1964	Pandora Faustman p. 117
1980	Pandora Vokes p. 207
1982	Pandora Woodring p. 721
1987	Pandora Ward and Blackwelder p. 131
1995	Pandora Frassinetti and Covacevich p. 54
1998	Pandora Lamprell and Healy p. 216
2002	Pandora Sepkoski
2008	Pandora Nielson and Valdovinos p. 207
2010	Pandora Bouchet et al.
2014	Pandora Hickman p. 6

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Protostomia
—	Spiralia
superphylum	Lophotrochozoa
phylum	Mollusca
class	Bivalvia
—	Eubivalvia
subclass	Autobranchia	(Groblen 1894)

Rank	Name	Author
infraclass	Heteroconchia	(Gray 1854)
—	Cardiomorphi	Ferussac 1822
—	Cardioni	Ferussac 1822
—	Cardiidia	Ferussac 1822
—	Poromyata	Ridewood 1903
order	Pandorida	Stewart 1930
superfamily	Pandoroidea	(Rafinesque 1815)
family	Pandoridae	Rafinesque 1815
genus	Pandora	Bruguière 1797

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.

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

Subg. Pandora (Pandora) Bruguière 1797

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†Pandora (Pandora) acutirostrata Clark 1918

†Pandora (Pandora) arctica Dall 1903

Pandora (Pandora) glacialis Leach 1819

Pandora (Pandora) gouldiana Say 1822