Saffordia Temporal range:
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Saffordia sp. from Mount Horeb, Wisconsin | |
Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Bivalvia |
Order: | † Modiomorphida |
Family: | † Modiomorphidae |
Genus: | †
Saffordia Ulrich, 1894 |
Species: | †S. ventralis
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Binomial name | |
†Saffordia ventralis Ulrich, 1894
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Saffordia is an extinct genus of bivalve mollusc of the order Modiomorphida. It lived during the middle to late Ordovician. Based on other members of it family, this clam was a stationary epifaunal suspension feeder. [2] Its only species is Saffordia ventralis, which features a prominent escutcheon and is similar to – possibly synonymous with – Heikea. [1] The clam can be distinguished from others due to its parallel shell haves with noticeable notches at the end.[ citation needed] [3]
Saffordia Temporal range:
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Saffordia sp. from Mount Horeb, Wisconsin | |
Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Bivalvia |
Order: | † Modiomorphida |
Family: | † Modiomorphidae |
Genus: | †
Saffordia Ulrich, 1894 |
Species: | †S. ventralis
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Binomial name | |
†Saffordia ventralis Ulrich, 1894
[1]
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Saffordia is an extinct genus of bivalve mollusc of the order Modiomorphida. It lived during the middle to late Ordovician. Based on other members of it family, this clam was a stationary epifaunal suspension feeder. [2] Its only species is Saffordia ventralis, which features a prominent escutcheon and is similar to – possibly synonymous with – Heikea. [1] The clam can be distinguished from others due to its parallel shell haves with noticeable notches at the end.[ citation needed] [3]