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Saffordia ventralis

Bivalvia - Modiomorphida - Modiomorphidae

Taxonomy
Saffordia ventralis was named by Ulrich (1894) [DISTRIBUTION: Late Ordovician; Minnesota.]. It is not a trace fossil.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
S. modesta, S. subparallela

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1894Saffordia ventralis Ulrich p. 625
1969Saffordia ventralis Cox et al. p. N399

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
—Eubivalvia
subclassAutobranchia(Groblen 1894)
infraclassHeteroconchia(Gray 1854)
RankNameAuthor
—CardiomorphiFerussac 1822
—CardioniFerussac 1822
—CardiidiaFerussac 1822
—CardiataFerussac 1822
superorderCardiiformiiFerussac 1822
orderModiomorphida(Newell 1969)
superfamilyModiomorphoidea(Miller 1877)
familyModiomorphidae
genusSaffordiaUlrich 1894
speciesventralisUlrich 1894

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

†Saffordia ventralis Ulrich 1894
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available