The Capulidae, the cap snails or cap shells, are a taxonomic family of limpet-like sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the clade Littorinimorpha.[1] Capulidae is the only family in the superfamily Capuloidea. According to taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi (2005) the family Capulidae has no subfamilies.
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| Two shells of Capulus ungaricus with the periostracum removed | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Littorinimorpha |
| Family: | Capulidae Fleming, 1822 |
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The name Trichotropidae was previously used for this family, but this name is invalid, as it is a junior synonym.[2]
Genera edit
Genera within the family Capulidae include:[3]
- Ariadnaria Habe, 1961
- † Blackdownia Kollmann, 1976 [4]
- Capulus Montfort, 1810
- Cerithioderma Conrad, 1860 (?)
- Ciliatotropis Golikov, 1986
- Discotrichoconcha Powell, 1951
- Echinospira Girotti, 1970
- Hyalorisia Dall, 1889
- Icuncula Iredale, 1924
- Krebsia Montfort, 1810 (?)
- Lippistes Montfort, 1810 (?)
- Neoiphinoe Habe, 1978
- Malluvium Melvill, 1906 (?)
- Rufodardanula Ponder, 1965 (?)
- Separatista Gray, 1847
- Torellia Lovén in Jeffreys, 1867
- Trichamathina Habe, 1962
- Trichosirius Finlay, 1926 (?)
- Trichotropis Broderip and G. B. Sowerby I, 1829
- Turritropis Habe, 1961
- Verticosta S.-I Huang & M.-H. Lin, 2020
- Zelippistes Finlay, 1927 (?)
- Genera brought into synonymy
- Actita Fischer von Waldheim, 1823: synonym of Capulus Montfort, 1810
- Antitrichotropis Powell, 1951: synonym of Torellia Jeffreys, 1867
- Brocchia Bronn, 1828: synonym of Capulus Montfort, 1810
- Capulonix Iredale, 1929: synonym of Capulus Montfort, 1810
- Iphinoe H. Adams & A. Adams, 1856 : synonym of Neoiphinoe Habe, 1978
- Neoconcha E.A. Smith, 1907: synonym of Torellia (Neoconcha) E.A. Smith, 1907
- Ovotropis Egorov & Alexeyev, 1998: synonym of Neoiphinoe Habe, 1978
- Pileopsis Lamarck, 1822 : synonym of Capulus Montfort, 1810
- Trichoconcha E.A. Smith, 1907: synonym of Torellia Jeffreys, 1867
References edit
- ^ Gofas, S. (2012). Capulidae. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=139 on 2012-07-24
- ^ ITIS Capulidae Fleming, 1822
- ^ Gofas, S. (2010). Capulidae. In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. (2010) World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.eu/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=139 on 2010-06-06
- ^ Kiel S. (2003) New taxonomic data for the gastropod fauna of the Umzamba Formation (Santonian–Campanian, South Africa); Cretaceous Research 24 (2003) 449–475
- Powell A. W. B., New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1
- Vaught, K.C. (1989). A classification of the living Mollusca. American Malacologists: Melbourne, FL (USA). ISBN 0-915826-22-4. XII, 195 pp
- Discover Life
- "Capulidae". Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
External links edit
- image of Capulus dilatatus
- Beu, AG (2010). "Marine Mollusca of isotope stages of the last 2 million years in New Zealand. Part 3. Gastropoda (Vetigastropoda - Littorinimorpha)". Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand. 40 (3–4): 59–180. Bibcode:2010JRSNZ..40...59B. doi:10.1080/03036758.2010.500717.
- Miocene Gastropods and Biostratigraphy of the Kern River Area, California; United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 642
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