†family Saffordiidae Scarlato and Starobogatov 1979 (clam)
Bivalvia - Mytilida - Saffordiidae
Synonym: Modiolodontidae Fang and Morris 1997
Parent taxon: Modiolopsoidea according to P. Bouchet et al. 2010
Sister taxa: Goniophorinidae, Modiolopsidae
Subtaxa: none
Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution: there are no occurrences of Saffordiidae in the database