| Saffordia Temporal range: | |
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| Saffordia sp. from Mount Horeb, Wisconsin | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Bivalvia |
| Order: | † Modiomorphida |
| Family: | † Modiomorphidae |
| Genus: | † Saffordia Ulrich, 1894 |
| Species: | †S. ventralis |
| Binomial name | |
| †Saffordia ventralis Ulrich, 1894 [1] | |
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]
