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Capulus
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Capulus is a genus of small sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Capulidae, the cap snails.

Species

GENUS

  1. KingdomAnimalia
  2. PhylumMollusca
  3. ClassGastropoda
  4. OrderLittorinimorpha
  5. FamilyCapulidae
Habitatmarine

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Specimen records
650
With media
69
Family
Capulidae
Collections
LACM, FMNH, SDNHM, SDSM, CAS, PRI
Recorded in
United States, United Kingdom, Mexico, Jamaica

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Capulus is a genus of small sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Capulidae, 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 daanbantayanensis Poppe & Tagaro, 2026 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 thumb|225px|Capulus danieli 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): 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): 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)

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