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Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Spiralia
Cladus: Lophotrochozoa
Phylum: Mollusca
Classis: Bivalvia
Subclassis: Heterodonta
Infraclassis: Euheterodonta
SuperOrdo: Anomalodesmata
Ordo: Pholadomyoida
Superfamilia: Pandoroidea
Familia: Pandoridae
Genera: Frenamya – Pandora

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