Biology:Saffordia
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Short description: Ordovician bivalve genus
| Saffordia | |
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| Saffordia sp. from Mount Horeb, Wisconsin | |
Scientific classification 
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| 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]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Pojeta, John Jr (1971). Review of Ordovician Pelecypods. Geological Society Professional Paper 695. Washington, D.C.: GPO. p. 24. https://pubs.usgs.gov/pp/0695/report.pdf. Retrieved 7 December 2021.
- ↑ "Saffordia ✝". https://www.mindat.org/taxon-P17161.html.
- ↑ "Bivalve mollusk gallery". https://wgnhs.wisc.edu/wisconsin-geology/fossils-of-wisconsin/bivalve-mollusk-gallery/bivalve-mollusks/.
Wikidata ☰ Q87293983 entry
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