Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Loxonematidae
Full reference: F. M'Coy. 1851. On some new Silurian Mollusca. Annals and Magazine of Natural History, including Zoology, Botany, and Geology 77:45-63
Parent taxon: Holopellidae according to P. Bouchet et al. 2005
See also Heidelberger and Koch 2005, Knight 1941 and Knight et al. 1960
Sister taxa: Aulacostrepsis, Australoxa, Clathronema, Cookiloxa, Heideckernema, Katoptychia, Loxonema, Nodoloxonema, Omospirinae, Perneratia, Stylonema, Tyrsoecus
Subtaxa: Holopella altera Holopella communis Holopella contraria Holopella deleta Holopella dextra Holopella expandens Holopella gracilior Holopella jovialis Holopella latispira Holopella mira Holopella modesta Holopella parvula Holopella regularis Holopella tenera Holopella teres Holopella trimorpha
Type: Holopella gracilior
Ecology: facultatively mobile epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Triassic of Italy (1 collection)
• Permian of China (1), Pakistan (3)
• Devonian of the Czech Republic (1), Germany (1), United States (2: Alaska)
• Silurian to Devonian of Austria (1)
• Silurian of Austria (1), the Czech Republic (4), Sweden (2), the United Kingdom (1)
• Ordovician of the Czech Republic (1), Norway (2)
Total: 21 collections including 23 occurrences
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