{"id":4377,"date":"2014-01-07T17:39:52","date_gmt":"2014-01-07T22:39:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ordovicianatlas.org\/?page_id=4377"},"modified":"2016-09-28T22:29:25","modified_gmt":"2016-09-29T02:29:25","slug":"holopea","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.ordovicianatlas.org\/atlas\/mollusca\/gastropoda\/euomphalina\/holopeidae\/holopea\/","title":{"rendered":"Holopea<\/em>"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Classification<\/strong>
\nPhylum: Mollusca<\/a>
\nClass: Gastropoda<\/a>
\nOrder: Euomphalina<\/a>
\nFamily: Holopeidae<\/a>
\nGenus: Holopea<\/em> Hall, 1847
\nCincinnatian Species: Holopea obliqua<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\nReferred to as<\/strong>: Cyclonema (Holopea), Macrocheilus (Holopea)<\/em><\/p>\n
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  • 1847 Holopea<\/em> Hall, Pal. N.Y., vol. i, p. 169.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

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    Geologic Range<\/strong>
    \nMiddle Ordovician – Devonian<\/p>\n

    Common Paleoecology<\/strong>
    \nHolopea<\/em> is an extinct genus of stationary epifaunal suspension feeders<\/p>\n

    Identification in Hand Sample<\/strong>:<\/p>\n

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    • Whorls expand slowly<\/li>\n
    • Deep sutures<\/li>\n
    • Moderate spire, open umbilicus<\/li>\n
    • No ornamentation, but final whorl may have coarse rounded ribs<\/li>\n
    • Growth lines straight and orthocone<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n
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      Geographic Occurrences<\/strong><\/p>\n

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