The bivalve, that is. Pandora is a strange, rather flat bivalve with an inequivalve shell. It was named by Brugie`re in 1797, when not all of the names from Greek myth had yet been taken. Why did Brugie`re choose the name Pandora for this particular bivalve? What is known about its natural history? I am curious, now that Makuabob has opened Pandora's box. Andrew K. Rindsberg Geological Survey of Alabama