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Pandora (Pandorella)

Bivalvia - Pandorida - Pandoridae

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1863Pandorella Conrad
1864Kennerlia Carpenter
1877Pandora (Kennerlyia) Dall p. 5
1904Pandora (Kennerleyia) Glenn p. 358
1915Kennerlyia Dall p. 450
1932Pandora (Kennerlia) Clark
1982Pandora (Pandorella) Woodring p. 721
2000Pandora (Pandorella) Coan et al. p. 520
2002Pandorella Sepkoski

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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
genusPandoraBruguière 1797
subgenusPandorella(Conrad 1863)

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.

Subg. Pandora (Pandorella) Conrad 1863
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Invalid names: Pandora (Kennerlia) bicarinata Carpenter 1863 [synonym]
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Invalid names: Pandora (Pandorella) grandis Dall 1877 [synonym]
Invalid names: Kennerlia Carpenter 1864 [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: Aberhan et al. 2004, Sanchez Roig 1926, Todd 2001

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Chattian to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 28.10000 to 0.01170 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 23.03 Ma

Collections (48 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Oligocene33.9 - 23.03USA (Washington) Pandora vanwinkleae (208169)
Late/Upper Oligocene28.4 - 23.03Russian Federation Pandora wajampolkensis (70528)
Chattian28.1 - 23.03USA (Alaska) Pandora yakatagensis (195964 195965)
Chattian28.1 - 23.03USA (Washington) Pandora vanwinkleae (52356 52362 208161)
Aquitanian - Burdigalian23.03 - 15.97Russian Federation Pandora wajampolkensis (50041)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97USA (Florida) Pandora dodona (42482 42605 42642 42663)
Langhian - Serravallian15.97 - 11.62Russian Federation Pandora korfiensis (49979)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.62USA (Florida) Pandora dodona (42692 42870 42884 42886 43023 43036 43048 80018 94810 111204 136943)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Dominican Republic Pandora inconspicua (58816 58817)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246USA (Alaska) Pandora grandis (37398)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Panama Pandora inconspicua (93172)
Tortonian - Messinian11.62 - 5.333Russian Federation Pandora pulchella (49977)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Russian Federation Pandora pulchella (50042)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Japan Pandora wardiana (97076)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Russian Federation Pandora pulchella (49976)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588Venezuela Pandora bushiana (131210)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588USA (Florida) Pandora arenosa (59486)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588USA (Virginia) Pandora arenosa (78261 78265 78266 78270)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588USA (California) Pandora filosa (189542)
Gelasian2.588 - 1.806USA (California) Pandora bilirata (214282)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781USA (California) Pandora bilirata (168757)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781USA (North Carolina) Pandora naviculoides (59315 59316)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117USA (Oregon) Kennerlia grandis (71142)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129USA (California) Kennerlia bicarinata, Kennerlia filosa (222663) Pandora filosa (202637 202645)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (North Carolina) Pandora arenosa (66742)