''Kapal'' is a monotypic genus of shelled octopods comprising the species ''Kapal batavus''. ''Kapal batavus'' was described in 1930 based on fossil material from Lower

Palembang Palembang () is the capital city of the Indonesian province of South Sumatra. The city proper covers on both banks of the Musi River on the eastern lowland of southern Sumatra. It had a population of 1,668,848 at the 2020 Census. Palembang ...

shales of

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. The eggcase of this species is considerably more evolute than that of '' Argonauta'', possessing an open umbilical region, and seems to lack the nodes present in members of that genus. ''

Kapal ''Kapal'' is a monotypic genus of shelled octopods comprising the species ''Kapal batavus''. ''Kapal batavus'' was described in 1930 based on fossil material from Lower Palembang shales of Sumatra. The eggcase of this species is considerably ...

'' is Indonesian for "ship".

References

Argonautidae Monotypic mollusc genera Cephalopod genera
Kapal LCT
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