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Pandora
Classification
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Bivalvia
Subclass:
Anomalodesmata
Order:
Pholadomyoida
Superfamily:
Pandoracea
Family:
Pandoridae
Formal Genus Name and Reference:
Pandora BRUGIÈRE, 1797 (genus without species)
Type Species:
Solen inequivalvis Linné, 1758, SM LAMARCK, 1799
Images
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Fig. F22,3. *P. (P.) inaequivalvis (LINNE), Rec., Eu.; 3a-c, LV int., ext., RV hinge, X1 (7c)
Synonyms
Calopodium
Geographic Distribution
N. Am.-S. Am.-C.Am.-Eu.-Pac.-Ind.O.
Age Range
Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:
Oligo.
Beginning International Stage:
Rupelian
Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:
0
Beginning Date:
33.9
Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:
Rec.
Ending International Stage:
Meghalayan
Fraction Up In Ending Stage:
100
Ending Date:
0
Description
Of medium size, flat, thin, RV flatter than LV, dorsal border convex, anterior end rounded, posterior rostrate
References
Museum or Author Information
Classification
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Bivalvia
Subclass:
Anomalodesmata
Order:
Pholadomyoida
Superfamily:
Pandoracea
Family:
Pandoridae
Formal Genus Name and Reference:
Pandora BRUGIÈRE, 1797 (genus without species)
Type Species:
Solen inequivalvis Linné, 1758, SM LAMARCK, 1799
Images
(Click to enlarge in a new window)
Fig. F22,3. *P. (P.) inaequivalvis (LINNE), Rec., Eu.; 3a-c, LV int., ext., RV hinge, X1 (7c)
Synonyms
Calopodium
Geographic Distribution
N. Am.-S. Am.-C.Am.-Eu.-Pac.-Ind.O.
Age Range
Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:
Oligo.
Beginning International Stage:
Rupelian
Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:
0
Beginning Date:
33.9
Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:
Rec.
Ending International Stage:
Meghalayan
Fraction Up In Ending Stage:
100
Ending Date:
0
Description
Of medium size, flat, thin, RV flatter than LV, dorsal border convex, anterior end rounded, posterior rostrate