Gastropoda - Euomphalina - Holopeidae
Alternative spellings: Cyclonema (Holopea), Macrocheilus (Holopea)
Synonyms: Cirropsis Perner 1903, Haplospira Koken 1897, Litiopsis Salter 1865 [objective synonym], Staurospira Perner 1907, Tortilla Perner 1903
Full reference: J. Hall. 1847. Containing descriptions of the organic remains of the lower division of the New York system (equivalent of the Lower Silurian rocks of Europe). Paleontology of New York 1:1-338
Parent taxon: Holopeidae according to P. Bouchet et al. 2005
See also Gischler et al. 2004, Hall 1859, Knight 1937, Knight 1941, Knight et al. 1960, Sepkoski 2002 and Ulrich and Scofield 1897
Sister taxa: Cyclora, Eopagodea, Holopeinae, Pachystrophia, Raphistomina
Subtaxa: Haplospira craigi Haplospira henningsmoeni Haplospira nereis Haplospira sibeliuxeni Haplospira variabilis Haplospira vermiculosa 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 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
Type: Holopea symmetrica
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Triassic of United States (1: California collection)
• Permian of China (4), Thailand (1)
• Devonian of Australia (1), Canada (1: Quebec), Kazakhstan (2), United States (3: Alaska, Iowa, Pennsylvania)
• Silurian of Australia (1), Canada (11: Northwest Territories, Nova Scotia, Ontario), the Czech Republic (1), Estonia (1), Greenland (1), the Russian Federation (6), Sweden (3), the United Kingdom (1), United States (31: Alaska, California, Maryland, Michigan and Ohio, New York, Ohio, West Virginia, Wisconsin)
• Dobrotivian of France (1), Spain (1)
• Uhaku of Estonia (1), Norway (1)
• Chazyan of Canada (1: Quebec), United States (6: New York)
• Whiterockian of United States (3: California, Minnesota, Nevada)
• Arenig of Greenland (1)
• Ordovician of Canada (16: Manitoba, Nunavut, Ontario, Quebec, Québec), China (5), the Czech Republic (5), Estonia (14), Germany (1), Iran (1), Morocco (2), the Netherlands (1), New Zealand (1), Norway (7), Poland (1), Sweden (8), the United Kingdom (5), United States (56: California, Illinois, Illinois, Iowa, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Maryland, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, New York, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania and Virginia, Tennessee, Virginia, Wisconsin)
Total: 207 collections including 288 occurrences
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