''Holopea'' is an extinct
genus of fossil
sea snail
Sea snail is a common name for slow-moving marine gastropod molluscs, usually with visible external shells, such as whelk or abalone. They share the taxonomic class Gastropoda with slugs, which are distinguished from snails primarily by the ...
s,
Paleozoic gastropod
The gastropods (), commonly known as snails and slugs, belong to a large taxonomic class of invertebrates within the phylum Mollusca called Gastropoda ().
This class comprises snails and slugs from saltwater, from freshwater, and from land. T ...
mollusks in the family
Holopeidae
†Holopeidae is an extinct family of paleozoic gastropod mollusks.MolluscaBase eds. (2022). MolluscaBase. Holopeidae Cossmann, 1908 †. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails& ...
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[MolluscaBase eds. (2022). MolluscaBase. Holopea Hall, 1847 †. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1558321 on 2022-11-12]
These molluscs were stationary epifaunal suspension feeders. They lived in the
Paleozoic Era,
Ordovician Period, upper
Arenigian
In geology, the Arenig (or Arenigian) is a time interval during the Ordovician period and also the suite of rocks which were deposited during this interval.
History
The term was first used by Adam Sedgwick in 1847 with reference to the "Arenig ...
age (between 478.6 ± 1.7 and 471.8 ± 1.6 million years ago) to the
Carboniferous
The Carboniferous ( ) is a geologic period and system of the Paleozoic that spans 60 million years from the end of the Devonian Period million years ago ( Mya), to the beginning of the Permian Period, million years ago. The name ''Carbonifero ...
period, lower
Serpukhovian age (from 328.3 (± 1.6) Ma to 318.1 (± 1.3) mya).
Distribution
These fossil gastropods are found in: the Permian of China; the Devonian of Australia, Canada, United States; the Silurian of Australia, Canada, Russia, Sweden, United Kingdom, United States; the Ordovician of Canada, China, the Czech Republic, Estonia, Iran, New Zealand, Norway, Sweden, the United Kingdom, United States; Chazy of Canada; Arenig of Greenland.
See also
*
List of marine gastropod genera in the fossil record
This list of marine gastropod genera in the fossil record is an attempt to list all the genera of sea snails or marine gastropod mollusks which have been found in the fossil record. Nearly all of these are genera of shelled forms, since it is ...
* † ''
Holopea antiquata''
J. Perner, 1903 (synonym: † ''Turbo balticus''
E.F.R.K. Koken & J. Perner, 1925)
* † ''
Holopea bomiensis''
Y.-T. Pan, 1978 (unassessed)
References
* Pan, Y.-T. (1978). Gastropoda. In: Chengdu Institute of Geology and Mineral Resources (Ed.) Paleontological Atlas of Southwest China. Sichuan Volume 2. Geological Publishing House, Beijing, pp. 403–428
External links
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 1:1-338Paleobiology Database*Sepkoski, Jac
Sepkoski's Online Genus Database
Holopeidae
Ordovician gastropods
Silurian gastropods
Devonian gastropods
Carboniferous gastropods
Paleozoic animals of Asia
Ordovician animals of Europe
Fossils of the Czech Republic
Letná Formation
Early Ordovician first appearances
Carboniferous extinctions
Paleozoic life of Ontario
Paleozoic life of Manitoba
Paleozoic life of Nova Scotia
Paleozoic life of Nunavut
Paleozoic life of Quebec
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