Modiomorphida is an

extinct Extinction is the termination of an organism by the death of its Endling, last member. A taxon may become Functional extinction, functionally extinct before the death of its last member if it loses the capacity to Reproduction, reproduce and ...

order of fossil saltwater clams, marine

bivalve Bivalvia () or bivalves, in previous centuries referred to as the Lamellibranchiata and Pelecypoda, is a class (biology), class of aquatic animal, aquatic molluscs (marine and freshwater) that have laterally compressed soft bodies enclosed b ...

mollusc Mollusca is a phylum of protostome, protostomic invertebrate animals, whose members are known as molluscs or mollusks (). Around 76,000 extant taxon, extant species of molluscs are recognized, making it the second-largest animal phylum ...

Genera

* †'' Ananterodonta'' * †'' Brahcylyrodesma'' * †'' Carminodonta'' * †'' Celtoconcha'' * †'' Cycloconchacea'' * †'' Dulcineaia'' * †'' Eurymya'' * †'' Fortowensia'' * †'' Goniophora'' * †'' Junjagiana'' * †'' Modiomorphoidea'' * †'' Moridunia'' * †'' Neofordilla'' * †'' Plicatomorpha'' * †'' Rimmyjmima'' * †''

Saffordia ''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 Filter feeders are aq ...

'' *†'' Tromelinodonta'' * †'' Whiteavesia''

External links

* * * Bivalve orders Prehistoric bivalves {{paleo-bivalve-stub