Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Mollusca > Class Bivalvia > Subclass Autobranchia > Infraclass Heteroconchia > Subterclass Euheterodonta > Superorder Anomalodesmata > Superfamily Pandoroidea > Family Pandoridae > Genus Pandora

Pandora glacialis Leach, 1819

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Pandora*	Bruguière, 1797	accepted genus name
*Calopodium*	Röding, 1798	synonym
*Trutina*	T. Brown, 1827	synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

English: glacial pandora sources: North-West Atlantic Ocean species (NWARMS)

German: Gletscherbüchse

Literature

original description	Leach W. E. (1819). A list of invertebrate animals discovered by H. M. S. Isabella, in a voyage to the Arctic regions: corrected by W. E. Leach. Appendix II. p.lxi - lxiv [in] Ross, John A voyage of discovery in His Majesty's ships Isabella and Alexander [in 1818] for the purpose of exploring Baffin's Bay and enquiring into the possibility of a northwest passage. [book]. xxxix+252 pp., 29 pls, 3 maps. John Murray. London.
basis of record	Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca. in: Costello, M.J. et al. (eds), European Register of Marine Species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Patrimoines Naturels. 50: 180-213.
additional source	Huber, M. (2010). Compendium of bivalves. A full-color guide to 3,300 of the world's marine bivalves. A status on Bivalvia after 250 years of research. Hackenheim: ConchBooks. 901 pp., 1 CD-ROM.
additional source	Turgeon, D. D., W. G. Lyons, P. Mikkelsen, G. Rosenberg, and F. Moretzsohn. 2009. Bivalvia (Mollusca) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 711–744 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, Colleg
additional source	Brunel, P., L. Bosse & G. Lamarche. (1998). Catalogue of the marine invertebrates of the estuary and Gulf of St. Lawrence. Canadian Special Publication of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 126. 405 pp.

Genbank

Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Pandora glacialis Leach, 1819. Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:140673