▁and ▁Watson ella ▁which ▁is ▁thought ▁to ▁suggest ▁members ▁of ▁the ▁ph yl um ▁M oll us ca ▁developed ▁n acre ▁independently ▁several ▁times . ▁ ▁Due ▁to ▁the ▁size ▁and ▁age ▁of ▁the ▁foss il ▁spec im ens , ▁Ford illa ▁are ▁included ▁as ▁part ▁of ▁the ▁Turkish ▁Small ▁sh elly ▁fa una . ▁ ▁Species ▁ ▁F . ▁g erman ica ▁Descri bed ▁in ▁ 1 9 9 4 , ▁F . ▁g erman ica ▁is ▁the ▁most ▁recent ▁valid ▁species ▁of ▁Ford illa ▁to ▁be ▁described . ▁ ▁As ▁the ▁species ▁et ym ology ▁indicates , ▁the ▁species ▁was ▁first ▁described ▁from ▁str ata ▁of ▁the ▁Zw et au ▁Form ation ▁in ▁Germany , ▁with ▁the ▁type ▁local ity ▁at ▁G ör l itz , ▁Sax ony . ▁ ▁The ▁species ▁is ▁ident ifiable ▁from ▁the ▁other ▁two ▁Ford illa ▁species ▁by ▁the ▁more ▁el ong ated ▁shape ▁of ▁the ▁val ves , ▁the ▁straight ▁d ors al ▁edge ▁which ▁has ▁a ▁slight ▁t ilt , ▁and ▁by ▁the ▁mus cle ▁arrangement . ▁ ▁The ▁shell s ▁reach ▁up ▁to ▁ ▁long , ▁by ▁ ▁wide ▁and ▁ ▁tall . ▁ ▁The ▁pla cement ▁of ▁F . ▁g erman ica ▁question ed ▁by ▁G ey er ▁and ▁Str eng ▁in ▁ 1 9 9 8 ▁who , ▁not ing ▁the ▁size ▁of ▁the ▁spec im ens , ▁moved ▁the ▁species ▁to ▁P oj eta ia ▁as ▁P . ▁g erman ica . ▁ ▁This ▁move ▁was ▁rejected ▁by ▁subsequent ▁authors