Pandoridae
Appearance
Pandoridae | |
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Pandora trilineata | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Bivalvia |
Subterclass: | Heterodonta |
Superorder: | Anomalodesmata |
Superfamily: | Pandoroidea |
Family: | Pandoridae Rafinesque, 1815 |
Genera | |
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Pandoridae is a taxonomic family of small saltwater clams, marine bivalves in the order Anomalodesmata.
Genera and species
[edit]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
[edit]- 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.