| Similodonta | |
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| A fossil specimen of Similodonta from the upper Ordovician aged Sinnipee group in Wisconsin | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Bivalvia |
| Order: | Nuculida |
| Family: | †Praenuculidae |
| Subfamily: | †Praenuculinae |
| Genus: | †Similodonta Soot-Ryen, 1964 |
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Similodonta is an extinct genus of early bivalve in the extinct family Praenuculidae. The genus is one of eleven genera in the subfamily Praenuculinae.[1] Similodonta is known from Middle Ordovician through Middle Silurian fossils found in Europe and North America. The genus currently contains eight accepted species, Similodonta ceryx, Similodonta collina, Similodonta djupvikensis, Similodonta magna, Similodonta recurva, Similodonta spjeldnaesi, Similodonta wahli[2] and the type species Similodonta similis.[3]
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