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Pandoridae

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Description

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

From Wikipedia article at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pandoridae, which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0.

Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	6866	https://www.gbif.org/species/6866
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	61581	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=61581

Rank

family

Taxonomy (GBIF)

Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Pandoridae

Taxonomy (PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Pandorida : Pandoridae

Taxonomic Status (GBIF)

accepted

Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)

Rank	Name	Author
-	Eukaryota
-	Opisthokonta	Cavalier-Smith 1987
kingdom	Animalia
-	Bilateria
-	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
-	Protostomia	Grobben 1908
-	Spiralia
superphylum	Lophotrochozoa
phylum	Mollusca	Linnaeus 1758
class	Bivalvia	Linnaeus 1758
-	Eubivalvia	Carter 2011
subclass	Autobranchia
infraclass	Heteroconchia
-	Cardiomorphi	Ferussac 1822
-	Cardioni	Ferussac 1822
-	Cardiidia	Ferussac 1822
-	Poromyata	Ridewood 1903
order	Pandorida	Stewart 1930
superfamily	Pandoroidea
family	Pandoridae	Rafinesque 1815

Scientific Name

Pandoridae

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Pandoridae	family	belongs to Anatinacea	stated without evidence	Glenn, 1904
Pandoridae	family	belongs to Pandoracea	stated with evidence	Newell, 1965
Pandoridae	family	belongs to Pandoroidea	stated without evidence	Coan et al., 2000
Pandoridae	family	belongs to Anomalodesmata	stated with evidence	Bieler and Mikkelsen, 2006
Pandoridae	family	belongs to Pandoroidea	implied	Nevesskaja, 2009
Pandoridae	family	belongs to Pandoroidea	stated without evidence	Bouchet et al., 2010
Pandoridae	family	belongs to Pandoroidea	stated with evidence	Carter et al., 2011
Pandoridae	family	belongs to Pandoroidea	stated without evidence	Hickman, 2014

Status (PBDB)

extant

Taxon Size (PBDB)

Extant Size (PBDB)

19 (58%)

First Recorded Appearance

66.0 - 61.6 Ma
Paleocene

Motility

facultatively mobile

Vision

blind (based on Bivalvia)

Diet

suspension feeder

Ecospace Comments

LIFE HISTORY: IS, MA, UN, SU according to Todd (2001).

Taphonomy

aragonite (based on Bivalvia)

Primary Reference (PBDB)

H. E. Vokes. 1980. Genera of the Bivalvia: a systematic and bibliographic Catalogue. Genera of the Bivalvia: a systematic and bibliographic Catalogue

Common Name(s)

Büchsenmuscheln, Pandoramuscheln, Pandora's Boxes, Pandoras, Pandoraschelpen, ネリガイ

Wikipedia

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pandoridae

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

Name	Status	Common Name(s)	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Clidiophora genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		14	11.6 Ma Miocene	0 Ma Extant
Coania genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Foveadens genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	0.13 Ma Pleistocene	0 Ma Extant
Frenamya genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Heteroclidus genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Pandora genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Pandora genus	doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		114	66.0 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous	0 Ma Extant

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1815	Pandoridae Rafinesque
1904	Pandoridae Glenn p. 357
1965	Pandoridae Newell p. 21
1980	Pandoridae Vokes p. 206
1987	Pandoridae Ward and Blackwelder p. 131
2000	Pandoridae Coan et al. p. 466

Year	Name and Author
2006	Pandoridae Bieler and Mikkelsen p. 231
2009	Pandoridae Nevesskaja
2010	Pandoridae Bouchet et al.
2011	Pandoridae Carter et al. p. 18
2014	Pandoridae Hickman p. 5

References

Vokes H. E. (1980) Genera of the Bivalvia: a systematic and bibliographic Catalogue, Genera of the Bivalvia: a systematic and bibliographic Catalogue

Glenn L. C. (1904) Pelecypoda, Maryland Geological Survey Miocene Text, 274-401

Newell N. D. (1965) Classification of the Bivalvia, American Museum Novitates 2206, 1-25

Ward L. W., Blackwelder B.W. (1987) Late Pliocene and Early Pleistocene Mollusca from the James City and Chowan River Formations at Lee Creek Mine, Smithsonian Contributions to Paleobiology 61, 113-283

Coan E. V., Scott P. V., et al (2000) Bivalve seashells of western North America, Santa Barbara Museum of Natural history Monographs 2, 1-764

Bieler R., Mikkelsen P. M. (2006) Bivalvia - a look at the branches, Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 148, 223-235

Nevesskaja L. A. (2009) Principles of Systematics and the System of Bivalves, Paleontological Journal 43 1, 1-11 doi:10.1134/S0031030109010018

Bouchet P., Rocroi J.-P., et al (2010) Nomenclator of Bivalve Families with a Classification of Bivalve Families, Malacologia 52 2, 1-184 doi:10.4002/040.052.0201

Carter J. G., Altaba C. R., et al (2011) A Synoptical Classification of the Bivalvia (Mollusca), University of Kansas Paleontological Institute Paleontological Contributions 4, 1-47

Hickman C. S. (2014) Paleogene marine bivalves of the deep-water Keasey Formation in Oregon, part IV: The anomalodesmatans, PaleoBios 31 3, 1-21

Turgeon, D. D., J. F. Quinn, Jr., A. E. Bogan, E. V. Coan, F. G. Hochberg, W. G. Lyons, et al., 1998: Common and scientific names of aquatic invertebrates from the United States and Canada: Mollusks, 2nd ed.. American Fisheries Society Special Publication 26. 526. - via Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)

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. - via World Register of Marine Species

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. - via World Register of Marine Species

Benton, M.J. (ed). (1993). The Fossil Record 2. Chapman & Hall, London, 845 pp. - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Parker, S.P. (ed). (1982). Synopsis and Classification of Living Organisms. McGraw-Hill, New York. 2 volumes. - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

WoRMS (Mar 2013) - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

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