Capulus Montfort 1810

Capulus is a genus of small sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Capulidae, the cap snails.^[1]

Species

Species within the genus Capulus include:

• Capulus badius Dunker, 1882
• Capulus californicus Dall, 1900
• Capulus compressus E. A. Smith, 1891
• 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^[2]
• † Capulus sinuosus (Brocchi, 1814)
• Capulus spondylicola Habe, 1967
• Capulus subcompressus Pelseneer, 1903^[3]
• Capulus ungaricoides (d'Orbigny, 1841)
• Capulus ungaricus (Linnaeus, 1758)^[4]
• Capulus violaceus Angas, 1867

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):^[5] 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):^[6] 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)

According to the Indo-Pacific Molluscan Database (OBIS) the following species names are also in current use ^[7]

• 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