Holopeidae

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

Holopeidae
Holopea praestans from Czech Republic, at the National Museum (Prague)
Scientific classification
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Holopeidae

Cossmann, 1908
Synonyms

Cycloridae S. A. Miller, 1889

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

Genera

Genera in the family Holopeidae include:

References

  1. Bouchet, P.; Rocroi, J.-P. (2005). "Classification and Nomenclator of Gastropod Families". Malacologia. 47 (1–2).
  2. 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).
  3. accessed 15 November 2017


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