''Capulus'' is a

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of small

sea snail Sea snails are slow-moving marine (ocean), marine gastropod Mollusca, molluscs, usually with visible external shells, such as whelk or abalone. They share the Taxonomic classification, taxonomic class Gastropoda with slugs, which are distinguishe ...

s, marine

gastropod Gastropods (), commonly known as slugs and snails, belong to a large Taxonomy (biology), taxonomic class of invertebrates within the phylum Mollusca called Gastropoda (). This class comprises snails and slugs from saltwater, freshwater, and fro ...

mollusk Mollusca is a phylum of protostomic invertebrate animals, whose members are known as molluscs or mollusks (). Around 76,000 extant species of molluscs are recognized, making it the second-largest animal phylum after Arthropoda. The ...

s in the

family Family (from ) is a Social group, group of people related either by consanguinity (by recognized birth) or Affinity (law), affinity (by marriage or other relationship). It forms the basis for social order. Ideally, families offer predictabili ...

Capulidae The Capulidae, the cap snails or cap shells, are a taxonomic family of limpet-like sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the clade Littorinimorpha.Gofas, S. (2012). Capulidae. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.m ...

, the cap snails.

Species

Species 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 * † '' Capulus sinuosus'' (Brocchi, 1814) * '' Capulus spondylicola'' Habe, 1967 * '' Capulus subcompressus'' Pelseneer, 1903 * '' Capulus ungaricoides'' (d'Orbigny, 1841) * '' Capulus ungaricus'' (Linnaeus, 1758) * ''Capulus violaceus'' Angas, 1867 Capulus japonicus 001

;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'' (

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):Ludvigsen, Rolf & Beard, Graham. 1997. West Coast Fossils: A Guide to the Ancient Life of Vancouver Island. pg. 112 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'' ic synonym of ''Capulus galea'' Dall, 1889: synonym of '' Hyalorisia galea'' (Dall, 1889) * ''Capulus hungaricus'' ic synonym of ''Capulus ungaricus'' (Linnaeus, 1758) * ''Capulus incurvus'' (Gmelin, 1791): synonym of ''

Hipponix incurvus ''Hipponix incurvus'' is a species of small sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Hipponicidae, the hoof snails. Until recently this species was considered to be a species of '' Capulus'' in the Capulidae but was reclassified by S ...

'' (Gmelin, 1791) * ''Capulus intortus'' (Lamarck, 1822): synonym of ''

'' (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 ''Piliscus commodus'' is a species of small sea snail with a transparent internal shell, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Velutinidae. Because the shell is mostly internal, the snail resembles a sea slug in general appearance. Distribut ...

'' (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 OBIS : Capulus
/ref> * '' Capulus irregularis'' E. A. Smith, 1895 * '' Capulus paleacea'' Menke

References

* 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

External links

Montfort P. [Denys de]. (1808-1810). Conchyliologie systématique et classification méthodique des coquilles. Paris: Schoell. Vol. 1: pp. lxxxvii + 409 [1808]. Vol. 2: pp. 676 + 16
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