Fordilla
| Fordilla Temporal range: Cambrian | |
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| F. troyensis; outer shell surface (top) and cast of internal anatomy | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Bivalvia |
| Order: | †Fordillida |
| Family: | †Fordillidae |
| Genus: | †Fordilla Barrande, 1881 |
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Fordilla is an extinct genus of early bivalves, one of two genera in the extinct family Fordillidae. The genus is known solely from Early Cambrian fossils found in North America, Greenland, Europe, the Middle East, and Asia. The genus currently contains three described species, Fordilla germanica, Fordilla sibirica, and the type species Fordilla troyensis.