Holopeidae

†Holopeidae is an extinct family of paleozoic gastropod mollusks.^[1][2] These molluscs were stationary epifaunal suspension feeders.

Holopeidae
Holopea praestans from Czech Republic, at the National Museum (Prague)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Vetigastropoda
Family:	†Holopeidae Cossmann, 1908
Type species
Turbo petholatus Linnaeus, 1758
Synonyms[1]
Cycloridae S. A. Miller, 1889

This family is unassigned to superfamily. This family has no subfamilies.

Genera

Genera in the family Holopeidae include:

• Cyclora
• Eopagodea
• Holopea J. Hall, 1847^[3]
• Pachystrophia Perner, 1903^[3]
• Ptychonema Perner, 1903^[3]
• Raphistomina Ulrich & Scofield, 1897^[3]
• Sinutropis Perner, 1903^[3] but in family Euomphalidae^[4]
• Umbospira Perner, 1903^[3]

References

1. MolluscaBase eds. (2022). MolluscaBase. Holopeidae Cossmann, 1908 †. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=833729 on 2022-11-12
2. Bouchet, P.; Rocroi, J.-P. (2005). "Classification and Nomenclator of Gastropod Families". Malacologia. 47 (1–2).
3. Popov, L. E., Ebbestad, J. O. R., Mambetov, A., & Apayarov, F. K. (2007). A low diversity shallow water lingulid brachiopod-gastropod association from the Upper Ordovician of Kyrgyz Range. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica, 52(1).
4. accessed 15 November 2017