Holopella gracilior M'Coy 1851 (snail)

Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Loxonematidae

Alternative combination: Loxonema gracilior

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

Belongs to Holopella according to P. J. Wagner 2023

Sister taxa: Holopella altera, Holopella communis, Holopella contraria, Holopella deleta, Holopella dextra, Holopella expandens, Holopella jovialis, Holopella latispira, Holopella mira, Holopella modesta, Holopella parvula, Holopella regularis, Holopella tenera, Holopella teres, Holopella trimorpha

Type specimen: Its type locality is Penylan Quarry, Pen-y-lan, which is in a Sheinwoodian carbonate mudstone in the Pen-y-lan Mudstone Formation of the United Kingdom

Ecology: facultatively mobile epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Penylan Quarry, Pen-y-lan

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