†family Fordillidae Pojeta 1975 (clam)

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

Subtaxa: Fordilla Pojetaia

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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)

Total: 86 collections including 93 occurrences

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