Fordilla germanica Elicki 1994 (clam)

Bivalvia - Fordillida - Fordillidae

Full reference: O. Elicki. 1994. Lower Cambrian carbonates from eastern Germany:palaeontology, stratigraphy and palaeogeography. Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie, Abhandlungen 191(1):69-93

Belongs to Fordilla according to P. J. Wagner 2023

See also Elicki 1994

Sister taxa: Fordilla marini, Fordilla troyensis

Type specimen: Its type locality is Gorlitz Synclinorium carbonates, Zweta Formation, Germany - Elicki et al1992, which is in an Atdabanian/Lenian peritidal limestone in the Zwetau Formation of Germany.

Ecology: stationary shallow infaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Gorlitz Synclinorium carbonates, Zweta Formation, Germany - Elicki et al. 1992

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