Capulus
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Capulus is a genus
of small sea snail
s, marine
gastropod mollusks in the family
Capulidae
, the cap snails.
According to the Indo-Pacific Molluscan Database (OBIS) the following species names are also in current use
Genus
In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...
of small sea snail
Sea snail
Sea snail is a common name for those snails that normally live in saltwater, marine gastropod molluscs....
s, marine
Marine (ocean)
Marine is an umbrella term. As an adjective it is usually applicable to things relating to the sea or ocean, such as marine biology, marine ecology and marine geology...
gastropod mollusks in the family
Family (biology)
In biological classification, family is* a taxonomic rank. Other well-known ranks are life, domain, kingdom, phylum, class, order, genus, and species, with family fitting between order and genus. As for the other well-known ranks, there is the option of an immediately lower rank, indicated by the...
Capulidae
Capulidae
Capulidae, common name the cap snails or cap shells, are a taxonomic family of limpet-like sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the clade Littorinimorpha.Capulidae is the only family in the superfamily Capuloidea....
, the cap snails.
Species
Species within the genus Capulus include:- Capulus incurvus (Gmelin, 1791)
- Capulus intortusCapulus intortusCapulus intortus is a species of small sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Capulidae, the cap snails....
(Lamarck, 1822) - Capulus simplexCapulus simplexCapulus simplex is a species of small sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Capulidae, the cap snails....
Locard, 1898 - Capulus subcompressusCapulus subcompressusCapulus subcompressus is a species of small sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Capulidae, the cap snails....
Pelseneer, 1903 - Capulus ungaricusCapulus ungaricusCapulus ungaricus, common name the bonnet shell, is a species of small sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Capulidae, the cap snails.-Taxonomy:...
(Linnaeus, 1758)
According to the Indo-Pacific Molluscan Database (OBIS) the following species names are also in current use
- Capulus badius Dunker, 1882
- Capulus bicarinatus (Pease, 1861a)
- Capulus danieli (Crosse, 1858)
- Capulus devexus (May, 1916)
- Capulus devotus Hedley, 1904
- Capulus dilatatus A. Adams, 1860-i
- Capulus fragilis E. A. Smith, 1904
- Capulus irregularis E. A. Smith, 1895
- Capulus liberatus Pease, 1868
- Capulus japonicus A. Adams, 1861-d
- Capulus kawamurai Habe, 1992
- Capulus paleacea Menke
- Capulus spondylicola Habe, 1967
- Capulus sycophanta Garrard, 1961
- Capulus violaceus Angas, 1867