Pandoridae is a taxonomic

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of small saltwater clams, marine bivalves in the order

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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. Bivalve families Taxa named by Constantine Samuel Rafinesque {{bivalve-stub