Bivalvia - Fordillida - Fordillidae
Full reference: J. Pojeta. 1975. Fordilla troyensis Barrrande and early Pelecypod phylogeny. Bulletins of American Paleontology 67(287):363-384
Parent taxon: Fordilloidea according to J. G. Carter et al. 2011
See also Bouchet et al. 2010, Elicki 1994, Nevesskaja 2009, Pojeta 1975 and Vokes 1980
Sister taxon: Camyidae
Ecology: stationary shallow infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Solvan of the Russian Federation (1 collection)
• Cambrian of Antarctica (6), Australia (34), Canada (5: Newfoundland and Labrador, Nova Scotia, Quebec), China (7), Germany (1), Greenland (9), Mexico (1), the Russian Federation (14), Turkey (2), the United Kingdom (1), United States (2: New York)
• Caerfai of United States (1: New York)
Total: 84 collections including 91 occurrences