Alternative spelling: Fordilloida
Full reference: J. Pojeta. 1975. Fordilla troyensis Barrrande and early Pelecypod phylogeny. Bulletins of American Paleontology 67(287):363-384
Parent taxon: Euprotobranchia according to J. G. Carter et al. 2011
See also Nevesskaja 2009, Pojeta 1975 and Vokes 1980
Sister taxa: none
Subtaxa: Fordilloidea
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Cambrian of Antarctica (6 collections), Australia (34), Canada (5: Newfoundland and Labrador, Nova Scotia, Quebec), China (7), Germany (1), Greenland (9), Mexico (1), Morocco (1), the Russian Federation (14), Sweden (1), Türkiye (2), the United Kingdom (1), United States (2: New York)
• Solvan of the Russian Federation (1)
• Caerfai of United States (1: New York)
• Placentian of Canada (1: Newfoundland and Labrador)
Total: 87 collections including 95 occurrences