''Capulus'' is a genus of small

sea snail Sea snail is a common name for slow-moving marine gastropod molluscs, usually with visible external shells, such as whelk or abalone. They share the taxonomic class Gastropoda with slugs, which are distinguished from snails primarily by the ...

marine Marine is an adjective meaning of or pertaining to the sea or ocean. Marine or marines may refer to: Ocean * Maritime (disambiguation) * Marine art * Marine biology * Marine debris * Marine habitats * Marine life * Marine pollution Military * ...

gastropod The gastropods (), commonly known as snails and slugs, belong to a large taxonomic class of invertebrates within the phylum Mollusca called Gastropoda (). This class comprises snails and slugs from saltwater, from freshwater, and from land. T ...

mollusks in the family

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.ma ...

, the cap snails.

Species

Species within the genus ''Capulus'' include: * '' Capulus badius'' Dunker, 1882 * '' Capulus californicus'' Dall, 1900 * ''

Capulus compressus ''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 * '' C ...

'' E. A. Smith, 1891 * ''

Capulus danieli ''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 * '' C ...

'' (Crosse, 1858) * † '' Capulus deurganckensis'' Marquet & Landau, 2006 * ''

Capulus devexus ''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 * ''Ca ...

'' (May, 1916) * '' Capulus dilatatus'' A. Adams, 1860 * '' Capulus elegans'' (Tapparone Canefri, 1877) * ''

Capulus fragilis ''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 * '' C ...

'' E. A. Smith, 1904 * ''

Capulus huangi ''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 * '' C ...

'' S.-I Huang & Y.-F. Huang, 2012 * ''

Capulus japonicus ''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 * '' C ...

'' A. Adams, 1861 * ''

Capulus kawamurai ''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 * '' C ...

'' Habe, 1992 * ''

Capulus ngai ''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 * '' C ...

'' Thach, 2016 * ''

Capulus novaezelandiae ''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 * '' C ...

'' Dell, 1978 * ''

Capulus otohimeae ''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 * '' C ...

'' (Habe, 1946) * † ''

Capulus partimsinuosus ''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 * '' C ...

'' (S. V. Wood, 1848) * ''

Capulus sericeus ''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 * '' C ...

'' J. Burch & R. Burch, 1961 * ''

Capulus simplex ''Capulus simplex'' is a species of small sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Capulidae The Capulidae, the cap snails or cap shells, are a taxonomic family of limpet-like sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the clade Lit ...

'' Locard, 1898 * † ''

Capulus sinuosus ''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 * '' C ...

'' (Brocchi, 1814) * ''

Capulus spondylicola ''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 * '' C ...

'' 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 ''Amathina'' is a genus of small sea snails, marine heterobranch gastropod molluscs or micromolluscs in the family Amathinidae.WoRMS (2010). ''Amathina'' Gray, 1842. In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. (2010) World Marine Mollusca databa ...

'' Pease, 1861 * ''Capulus chilensis'' Dall, 1904: synonym of ''Capulus ungaricoides'' (d'Orbigny, 1841) * † ''Capulus corrugatus'' (

extinct Extinction is the termination of a kind of organism or of a group of kinds (taxon), usually a species. The moment of extinction is generally considered to be the death of the last individual of the species, although the capacity to breed and ...

/ fossil):Ludvigsen, Rolf & Beard, Graham. 1997. West Coast Fossils: A Guide to the Ancient Life of Vancouver Island. pg. 112 synonym of † ''

'' (S. V. Wood, 1848) * ''Capulus devotus'' Hedley, 1904: synonym of ''

Malluvium devotum ''Malluvium'' is a genus of small sea snails, limpet-like cap snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Hipponicidae, the hoofshells or hoof snails.Rosenberg, G. (2012). Malluvium. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at h ...

'' (Hedley, 1904) (original combination) * ''Capulus galea'' Dall, 1889: synonym of ''

Hyalorisia galea ''Hyalorisia galea'' is a species of small sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc Mollusca is the second-largest phylum of invertebrate animals after the Arthropoda, the members of which are known as molluscs or mollusks (). Around 85,000 ...

'' (Dall, 1889) * ''Capulus galeus'' ic synonym of ''Capulus galea'' Dall, 1889: synonym of ''

'' (Dall, 1889) * ''Capulus hungaricus'' ic 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 ''Lotononis'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae and the tribe Crotalarieae. Almost all of the species in the genus occur in southern Africa. Species Several species were recently transferred from ''Lotononis'' to four new ...

'' (Pease, 1868) * ''Capulus lissus'' E.A. Smith, 1894: synonym of ''

Malluvium lissum ''Malluvium'' is a genus of small sea snails, limpet-like cap snails, marine (ocean), marine gastropod molluscs in the family (biology), family Hipponicidae, the hoofshells or hoof snails.Rosenberg, G. (2012). Malluvium. Accessed through: World Re ...

'' (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 ''Cyrtopleura costata'', or the angel wing clam, is a bivalve mollusc in the family Pholadidae. It is found in shallow parts of the northwest Atlantic and also in the North Sea of Scotland coastline and west coast of the Adriatic Sea by a remote ...

'' (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">enys de">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] {{Taxonbar, from=Q919398 Capulidae Gastropod genera Extant Silurian first appearances