Bivalvia - Pandorida - Pandoridae
Alternative spelling: Pandorella
Synonyms: Kennerlia Carpenter 1864, Kennerlyia Carpenter 1864, Pandora (Kennerleyia) Carpenter 1864, Pandora (Kennerlia) Carpenter 1864, Pandora (Kennerlyia) Carpenter 1864
Parent taxon: Pandora according to E. V. Coan et al. 2000
See also Clark 1932, Glenn 1904, Nielson and Valdovinos 2008, Sepkoski 2002 and Woodring 1982
Sister taxa: Pandora (Frenamya), Pandora (Heteroclidus), Pandora (Pandora), Pandora cistula, Pandora copiosa, Pandora dilatata, Pandora eocapsella, Pandora grandis, Pandora inaequivalvis, Pandora laevis, Pandora pimaeva, Pandora scapha, Pandora washingtonensis
Subtaxa: Pandora (Kennerleyia) lata Pandora (Kennerlia) yakatagensis Pandora (Pandorella) arenosa Pandora (Pandorella) bilirata Pandora (Pandorella) dodona Pandora (Pandorella) filosa Pandora (Pandorella) inconspicua Pandora (Pandorella) vanwinkleae Pandora (Pandorella) wardiana
Type: Pandora arenosa
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Quaternary of United States (8: California, North Carolina, Oregon collections)
• Pliocene of Japan (1), the Russian Federation (2), United States (6: California, Florida, Virginia), Venezuela (1)
• Miocene of the Dominican Republic (2), Panama (1), the Russian Federation (3), United States (16: Alaska, Florida)
• Oligocene of the Russian Federation (1), United States (6: Alaska, Washington)
Total: 47 collections including 48 occurrences