Capulidae

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Capulidae
Two shells of Capulus ungaricus with the periostracum removed
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Clade: Hypsogastropoda
Superorder: Latrogastropoda
Superfamily: Capuloidea
Family: Capulidae
Fleming, 1822
Genera

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Synonyms
  • Trichotropidae Gray, 1850
  • Verenidae Gray, 1857 (inv.)
  • Pileopsidae Chenu, 1859
  • Lippistidae Iredale, 1924
  • Siriidae Iredale, 1931
  • Cerithhiodermatidae Hacobjan, 1976

The Capulidae, the cap snails or cap shells, are a taxonomic family of limpet-like sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs.[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. Capulidae is assigned to the paraphyletic order Littorinimorpha,[1] but is more closely related to neogastropods than some other littorinimorphs as it is a member of the clade Latrogastropoda.[2]

The name Trichotropidae was previously used for this family, but this name is invalid, as it is a junior synonym.[3]

Genera

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Genera within the family Capulidae include:[4]

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

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  1. ^ a b 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
  2. ^ Colgan, Donald J.; Ponder, Winston F. (2025-07-28). "Redefining Latrogastropoda Again and Searching for Its Sister Group in Hypsogastropoda (Gastropoda: Caenogastropoda)". Diversity. 17 (8): 524. Bibcode:2025Diver..17..524C. doi:10.3390/d17080524. ISSN 1424-2818.
  3. ^ ITIS Capulidae Fleming, 1822
  4. ^ 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
  5. ^ Kiel S. (2003) New taxonomic data for the gastropod fauna of the Umzamba Formation (Santonian–Campanian, South Africa); Cretaceous Research 24 (2003) 449–475
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