Gastropoda - Sorbeoconcha - Capulidae
Full reference: T. A. Conrad. 1854. Fossil Testacea of the Tertiary green-sand and marl-bed of Jackson, Miss. Determined and named by T. A. Conrad. Report on the agriculture and geology of Mississippi 289
Belongs to Capulus according to M. A. Kosnik 2002
See also Conrad 1856
Sister taxa: Capulus (Brocchia), Capulus (Capulus), Capulus (Zinolia), Capulus anceps, Capulus angustus, Capulus apollinis, Capulus circinatus, Capulus complicatus, Capulus cyrtocera, Capulus epicranum, Capulus gatunensis, Capulus haliotis, Capulus hanieli, Capulus humilis, Capulus hungaricus, Capulus javanus, Capulus junghuhni, Capulus lissus, Capulus lius, Capulus muensteri, Capulus pretiosus, Capulus selcanus, Capulus sigmoidalis, Capulus silverthorni, Capulus sundaicus, Capulus tortus, Capulus uncinatus, Capulus ungaricus, Capulus unguis, Capulus varians, Capulus verus, Capulus welteri
Type specimen: Its type locality is Jackson, which is in an Eocene coastal horizon in Mississippi
Ecology: facultatively mobile epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Oligocene of United States (2: Mississippi collections)
• Eocene of United States (30: Louisiana, Mississippi, Texas)
Total: 32 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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