Bivalvia - Fordillida - Fordillidae
Full reference: J. Barrande. 1881. Système Silurien de Centre de la Bohême. Volume VI: Acéphales. Système Silurien de Centre de la Bohême. Volume VI: Acéphales 1-342
Parent taxon: Fordillidae according to P. Bouchet et al. 2010
See also Krasilova 1977, Pojeta 1975, Sepkoski 2002 and Yochelson 1981
Sister taxon: Pojetaia
Subtaxa: Fordilla germanica Fordilla marini Fordilla troyensis
Ecology: stationary shallow infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Caerfai of United States (1: New York collection)
• Cambrian of Canada (2: Newfoundland and Labrador, Nova Scotia), Germany (1), Greenland (4), the Russian Federation (2), Turkey (1), the United Kingdom (1), United States (1: New York)
Total: 13 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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