Holopeidae Explained

†Holopeidae is an extinct family of paleozoic gastropod mollusks.^{[1] [2]} These molluscs were stationary epifaunal suspension feeders.

This family is unassigned to superfamily. This family has no subfamilies.

Genera

Genera in the family Holopeidae include:

• Cyclora
• Eopagodea
• Holopea J. Hall, 1847
• Pachystrophia Perner, 1903
• Ptychonema Perner, 1903
• Raphistomina Ulrich & Scofield, 1897^[3]
• Sinutropis Perner, 1903^[3] but in family Euomphalidae^[4]
• Umbospira Perner, 1903^[3]

Notes and References

1. MolluscaBase eds. (2022). MolluscaBase. Holopeidae Cossmann, 1908 †. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=833729 on 2022-11-12
2. Bouchet, P. . Rocroi, J.-P. . 2005 . Classification and Nomenclator of Gastropod Families . Malacologia . 47 . 1–2 .
3. Popov, L. E., Ebbestad, J. O. R., Mambetov, A., & Apayarov, F. K. (2007). A low diversity shallow water lingulid brachiopod-gastropod association from the Upper Ordovician of Kyrgyz Range. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica, 52(1).
4. http://www.fossilworks.org/cgi-bin/bridge.pl?a=taxonInfo&taxon_no=8501