Pandoridae

Pandoridae is a taxonomic family of small saltwater clams, marine bivalves in the order Anomalodesmata.

Pandoridae
Pandora trilineata
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalvia
Subterclass: Heterodonta
Superorder: Anomalodesmata
Superfamily: Pandoroidea
Family: Pandoridae
Rafinesque, 1815
Genera

See text.

Genera and species

Genera and species within the family Pandoridae include:

  • Clidiophora Carpenter, 1864
  • Coania Valentich-Scott & Skoglund, 2010
  • Foveadens Dall, 1915
  • Frenamya Iredale, 1930
  • Pandora Chemnitz, 1795

References
    • Bieler, R.; Carter, J. G.; Coan, E. V. (2010). Classification of Bivalve families. Pp. 113-133, in: Bouchet P. & Rocroi J.-P. (2010), Nomenclator of Bivalve Families. Malacologia. 52(2): 1-184
    • Coan, E. V.; Valentich-Scott, P. (2012). Bivalve seashells of tropical West America. Marine bivalve mollusks from Baja California to northern Peru. 2 vols, 1258 pp.
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