Gastropoda - Euomphalina - Holopeidae
Full reference: D. M. Rohr, R. B. Blodgett, and J. Frýda. 2008. Silurian Gastropoda from Southeastern and West-Central Alaska. Journal of Paleontology 82(3):604-611
Belongs to Haplospira according to D. M. Rohr et al. 2008
Sister taxa: Holopea aequalis, Holopea ampla, Holopea ampullacea, Holopea antiquata, Holopea applanata, Holopea appressa, Holopea arctica, Holopea balticus, Holopea brucei, Holopea concinna, Holopea concinnula, Holopea coronata, Holopea corrugata, Holopea eichwaldi, Holopea elizabethi, Holopea enjalrani, Holopea excelsa, Holopea expandens, Holopea filosus, Holopea gaspesia, Holopea gigantea, Holopea glindmeyeri, Holopea gracia, Holopea guelphensis, Holopea harpa, Holopea hubbardi, Holopea inaequistriata, Holopea incola, Holopea inflata, Holopea informis, Holopea insignis, Holopea iowaensis, Holopea latens, Holopea lavinia, Holopea marylandica, Holopea media, Holopea mediocris, Holopea missouriensis, Holopea mobergi, Holopea nicolettensis, Holopea nitidissima, Holopea obliqua, Holopea obsoleta, Holopea occidentalis, Holopea ottawaensis, Holopea ovalis, Holopea paludiniformis, Holopea parvula, Holopea perforata, Holopea plauta, Holopea praecursor, Holopea pumila, Holopea pyrene, Holopea rossbrookiensis, Holopea rotunda, Holopea scalariforme, Holopea scrutator, Holopea similis, Holopea simmonensis, Holopea simplex, Holopea subconica, Holopea subtilis, Holopea supraplana, Holopea symmetrica, Holopea transversa, Holopea undulata, Holopea variabilis, Holopea vaurealensis, Holopea vigneauensis, Macrocheilus (Holopea) macrostomus, Tortilla disjuncta, Haplospira vermiculosa, Haplospira henningsmoeni, Haplospira sibeliuxeni, Haplospira variabilis, Haplospira nereis
Type specimen: USNM 534464, a shell. Its type locality is 2004R-1, south side of logging road, Twin Mountains area, Prince Wales Island, which is in a Ludlow carbonate wackestone in the Heceta Limestone Formation of Alaska.
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at 2004R-1, south side of logging road, Twin Mountains area, Prince Wales Island
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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