Capulus is a genus of small sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Capulidae, the cap snails.[1]
| Capulus Temporal range: Silurian to Recent
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| Two shells of Capulus ungaricus with the periostracum removed | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Littorinimorpha |
| Family: | Capulidae |
| Genus: | Capulus Montfort, 1810 |
| Type species | |
| Patella ungarica Linnaeus, 1758
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Species
editSpecies within the genus Capulus include:
- Capulus badius Dunker, 1882
- Capulus californicus Dall, 1900
- Capulus compressus E. A. Smith, 1891
- Capulus danieli (Crosse, 1858)
- † Capulus deurganckensis Marquet & Landau, 2006
- Capulus devexus (May, 1916)
- Capulus dilatatus A. Adams, 1860
- Capulus elegans (Tapparone Canefri, 1877)
- Capulus fragilis E. A. Smith, 1904
- Capulus huangi S.-I Huang & Y.-F. Huang, 2012
- Capulus japonicus A. Adams, 1861
- Capulus kawamurai Habe, 1992
- Capulus ngai Thach, 2016
- Capulus novaezelandiae Dell, 1978
- Capulus otohimeae (Habe, 1946)
- † Capulus partimsinuosus (S. V. Wood, 1848)
- Capulus sericeus J. Burch & R. Burch, 1961
- Capulus simplex Locard, 1898[2]
- † Capulus sinuosus (Brocchi, 1814)
- Capulus spondylicola Habe, 1967
- Capulus subcompressus Pelseneer, 1903[3]
- Capulus ungaricoides (d'Orbigny, 1841)
- Capulus ungaricus (Linnaeus, 1758)[4]
- Capulus violaceus Angas, 1867
- Species brought into synonymy
- Capulus bicarinatus (Pease, 1861a): synonym of Amathina bicarinata Pease, 1861
- Capulus chilensis Dall, 1904: synonym of Capulus ungaricoides (d'Orbigny, 1841)
- † Capulus corrugatus (extinct/fossil):[5] synonym of † Capulus partimsinuosus (S. V. Wood, 1848)
- Capulus devotus Hedley, 1904: synonym of Malluvium devotum (Hedley, 1904) (original combination)
- Capulus galea Dall, 1889: synonym of Hyalorisia galea (Dall, 1889)
- Capulus galeus [sic]: synonym of Capulus galea Dall, 1889: synonym of Hyalorisia galea (Dall, 1889)
- Capulus hungaricus [sic]: synonym of Capulus ungaricus (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Capulus incurvus (Gmelin, 1791): synonym of Hipponix incurvus (Gmelin, 1791)
- Capulus intortus (Lamarck, 1822):[6] synonym of Hipponix incurvus (Gmelin, 1791)
- Capulus kawamurai Habe, 1992: synonym of Capulus danieli (Crosse, 1858)
- Capulus liberatus Pease, 1868: synonym of Krebsia liberata (Pease, 1868)
- Capulus lissus E.A. Smith, 1894: synonym of Malluvium lissum (E. A. Smith, 1894)
- Capulus militaris (Linnaeus, 1771): synonym of Capulus ungaricus (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Capulus nutatus Hedley, 1908: synonym of Williamia radiata nutata (Hedley, 1908)
- Capulus radiatus M. Sars, 1851: synonym of Piliscus radiatus (Sars M., 1851): synonym of Piliscus commodus (Middendorff, 1851)
- Capulus sagittifer Gould, 1852: synonym of Phenacolepas sagittifer (Gould, 1852)
- Capulus shreevei Conrad, 1869: synonym of Cyrtopleura costata (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Capulus sycophanta Garrard, 1961: synonym of Capulus danieli (Crosse, 1858)
- Capulus uncinatus (Hutton, 1873): synonym of Capulus danieli (Crosse, 1858)
According to the Indo-Pacific Molluscan Database (OBIS) the following species names are also in current use [7]
- Capulus irregularis E. A. Smith, 1895
- Capulus paleacea Menke
References
edit- ^ Capulus Montfort, 1810. Gofas, S. (2009). Capulus Montfort, 1810. In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. (2009) World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=137729 on 28 May 2012 .
- ^ Capulus simplex Locard, 1898. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 5 June 2010.
- ^ Capulus subcompressus Pelseneer, 1903. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 5 June 2010.
- ^ Capulus ungaricus (Linnaeus, 1758). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 5 June 2010.
- ^ Ludvigsen, Rolf & Beard, Graham. 1997. West Coast Fossils: A Guide to the Ancient Life of Vancouver Island. pg. 112
- ^ Capulus intortus (Lamarck, 1822). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 5 June 2010.
- ^ OBIS : Capulus
- Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 180–213
- Beu A.G. (2004) Marine Mollusca of oxygen isotope stages of the last 2 million years in New Zealand. Part 1: Revised generic positions and recognition of warm-water and cool-water migrants. Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand 34(2): 111-265. page(s): 192
- Spencer, H.; Marshall. B. (2009). All Mollusca except Opisthobranchia. In: Gordon, D. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand Inventory of Biodiversity. Volume One: Kingdom Animalia. 584 pp
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