Capulus lius Woodring 1928 (snail)

Gastropoda - Sorbeoconcha - Capulidae

Alternative combination: Capulus (Malluvium) lius

Full reference: W. P. Woodring. 1928. Miocene Molluscs from Bowden, Jamaica. Part 2: Gastropods and discussion of results. Contributions to the Geology and Palaeontology of the West Indies

Belongs to Capulus according to A. J. W. Hendy et al. 2008

See also Woodring 1928

Sister taxa: Capulus (Brocchia), Capulus (Capulus), Capulus (Zinolia), Capulus americanus, 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 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: USNM 369518, a shell

Ecology: facultatively mobile epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Bowden Formation (Woodring 1925, 1928 Checklist) (Pliocene of Jamaica)

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