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Capulus

Gastropoda - Capulidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1810Capulus Monfort
1928Capulus Woodring p. 371
1939Capulus Mukerjee p. 37
1947Capulus Gardner p. 569
1947Capulus Harris and Palmer p. 263
1972Capulus Ladd p. 54
1982Capulus Ladd p. 35
1993Capulus Wilson p. 165
2001Capulus Wienrich p. 420
2002Capulus Sepkoski
2007Capulus Harzhauser p. 105

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classGastropoda
subclassCaenogastropoda(Cox 1959)
—Sorbeoconcha(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
—Hypsogastropoda(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
superfamilyCapuloideaFleming 1822
familyCapulidaeFleming 1822
genusCapulusMonfort 1810

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

G. Capulus Monfort 1810
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Subg. †Capulus (Brocchia) Bronn 1827
Subg. †Capulus (Capulus) Montfort 1810
Subg. †Capulus (Zinolia) Issel 1922
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†Capulus americanus Conrad 1854
†Capulus anceps Michelotti 1861
†Capulus angustus Wanner 1922
†Capulus apollinis Böhm 1895
†Capulus circinatus Tate 1893
†Capulus complicatus Wanner 1922
†Capulus cyrtocera Münster 1841
†Capulus epicranum Woodring 1928
†Capulus gatunensis Toula 1909
†Capulus haliotis de Sowerby and Murchison 1839
†Capulus hanieli Wanner 1922
†Capulus humilis Wanner 1922
Capulus hungaricus Linnaeus 1758
†Capulus javanus Wanner and Hahn 1935
†Capulus junghuhni Martin 1905
†Capulus lissus Smith 1894
†Capulus lius Woodring 1928
†Capulus muensteri Giebel 1852
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Invalid names: Capulus neritoides Munster 1841 [replaced]
†Capulus pretiosus Wanner 1922
†Capulus selcanus Giebel 1858
†Capulus sigmoidalis Phillips 1841
†Capulus silverthorni Smith 1927
†Capulus sundaicus Wanner 1922
†Capulus tortus Wanner 1922
†Capulus uncinatus Hutton 1873
Capulus ungaricus Linnaeus 1758
Capulus unguis Sowerby 1816
†Capulus varians Wanner 1922
†Capulus verus Böhm 1885
†Capulus welteri Wanner 1922
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmean
height15.90

Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: facultatively mobilef
Attached: yesf
Life habit: epifaunalf
Diet: suspension feederf
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2009-09-10 07:46:36
Modified: 2009-09-10 09:46:36
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Pridoli to the top of the Holocene or 423.00000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 419.2 Ma

Collections (180 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Pridoli423.0 - 419.2Morocco C. sp. (27393)
Asbian340.0 - 336.0United Kingdom (England) C. sp. (5995)
Permian298.9 - 251.902USA (Alaska) C. sp. (112199)
Artinskian290.1 - 279.3Indonesia C. sp., C. humilis, C. hanieli, C. varians, C. welteri, C. sundaicus (118268)
Artinskian - Kungurian290.1 - 272.3Indonesia C. pretiosus (39614)
Artinskian - Guadalupian290.1 - 259.51Indonesia (Timor) C. angustus (205609) C. complicatus (205608) C. sp. (205600) C. tortus (205604)
Roadian272.3 - 268.8Australia (New South Wales) C. sp. (161842)
Roadian - Wordian272.3 - 264.28Indonesia C. pretiosus (39610)
Carnian237.0 - 228.0USA (Alaska) C. sp. (112343)
Julian235.0 - 232.0Italy C. apollinis (138260) C. neritoides, C. cyrtocera (137429)
Tuvalian232.0 - 221.5USA (California) C. silverthorni (33324)
Norian - Rhaetian228.0 - 201.3Hungary (Bakony) C. sp. (203274)
Late/Upper Albian105.3 - 99.6Sweden (Halland) C. elongatus (38722)
Late/Upper Cretaceous100.5 - 66.0Pakistan C. sp. (146031)
Early/Lower Campanian - Middle Campanian83.5 - 70.6USA (Texas) C. cuthandensis (3611)
Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6USA (Texas) C. sp. (7568) C. spangleri (7481 7482)
Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6USA (Tennessee) C. corrugatus (88357)
Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6USA (Delaware) C. sp. (6146)
Middle Campanian83.5 - 70.6USA (Texas) C. cuthandensis (3632)
Late/Upper Campanian - Early/Lower Maastrichtian83.5 - 66.0USA (Tennessee) C. corrugatus, C. monroei (7515)
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0USA (California) C. sp. (185492)
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0USA (Mississippi) C. sp. (205512)
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0USA (Texas) C. cuthandensis (7541) C. erectus (7480) C. sp. (7483 7570)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0Germany C. verus (213668)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0USA (Texas) C. microstriatus (4496)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0USA (Alabama) C. sp. (4203) C. spangleri (4178 4181 4182 4186)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0USA (Mississippi) C. cuthandensis (4160 4167) C. spangleri (4172)
Early/Lower Paleocene66.0 - 61.7USA (Texas) C. sp. (86406)
Danian66.0 - 61.6USA (Texas) C. gelus (205466)
Selandian - Thanetian61.6 - 56.0USA (Alabama) C. expansus (90610)
Thanetian59.2 - 56.0USA (Alabama) C. expansus (92034 92352)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8USA (Alabama) C. expansus (92375 92390 98390)
Early/Lower Eocene55.8 - 48.6Brazil C. sp. (151586)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3USA (Texas) C. sp. (205440 205441 205532 205537)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3France (Centre) C. ungaricus (178085)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3United Kingdom (England) C. pennatus (8125) C. sp. (8047)
Lutetian - Priabonian47.8 - 33.9USA (Louisiana) C. americanus (1417 1418)
Lutetian - Priabonian47.8 - 33.9USA (Mississippi) C. americanus (1422 1423 1424 1425 1432) C. sp. (1430)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0USA (Alabama) C. expansus (90469) C. sp. (2418 205438 205489)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0USA (Louisiana) C. americanus (1413 1414 3534 90652 92157 92283 92303 92304 92357 92374 92389 205501)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0USA (Texas) C. americanus (92243 205476)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0USA (Mississippi) C. americanus (3532 90471 90643 90704 164232 205526 205535)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9USA (Louisiana) C. americanus (92301)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Italy C. sp. (78617)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Germany (Bavaria) C. sp. (10703)
Late/Upper Eocene37.2 - 33.9Jamaica C. sp. (111544)
Late/Upper Eocene37.2 - 33.9USA (Mississippi) C. americanus (208935)
Rupelian33.9 - 28.1USA (Mississippi) C. langdoni (177590) C. planus, C. americanus (5501 5612)
Chattian28.1 - 23.03Oman C. anceps (75608)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97India C. lissus (76574)
Early/Lower Miocene - Middle Miocene23.03 - 11.608Germany (North Rhein-Westfalia) C. ungaricus (62884)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Austria C. merignacensis (77402)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Italy C. barrandei, C. hungaricus (178108)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97USA (Florida) C. chipolanus (41760)
Langhian15.97 - 13.82Italy C. hungaricus (178114)
Langhian15.97 - 13.82France (Centre) C. ungaricus (179581)
Langhian15.97 - 13.82Germany C. chinensis (178467) C. koeneni, C. chinensis (178468)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Australia (Victoria) C. danieli (72210)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Indonesia C. sp. 1, C. sp. 2, C. sp. 3 (70081)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.62Cyprus C. hungaricus (71874)
Badenian13.65 - 12.7Poland (Holy Cross Mountains) C. ungaricus (38823)
Badenian13.65 - 12.7Austria C. ungaricus (74656)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Dominican Republic C. sp. (131381)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Argentina (Chubut) C. ladyae (42148) C. piramidensis (42146)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Indonesia (Kalimantan) C. sp. (173685)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Indonesia (Borneo) C. sp. (42283)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Colombia (Bolívar) Crucibulum gatunense (88316)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Dominican Republic C. sp. (75041 94006 131496 131563)
Messinian - Zanclean7.246 - 3.6Dominican Republic C. sp. (74969)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Ecuador (Manabi) C. pacificus (60771 60772)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Ecuador C. pacificus (131293 131332 131333 131334)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Dominican Republic C. sp. (74964)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Italy (Asti) C. sinuosus (86305)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Italy C. hungaricus (71156) C. sinuosus, C. hungaricus (178810)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588India C. bonneti (77658)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Belgium C. ungaricus (80674)
Zanclean - Piacenzian5.333 - 2.588Italy C. speciosus (178221)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588Jamaica C. lius, C. epicranum (58522) C. sp. A (69090)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588United Kingdom (England) C. ungaricus (84819)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588Italy (Parma) C. sinuosus, C. hungaricus (178923)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588Italy C. sinuosus, C. hungaricus (71086 74929)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588Belgium Brocchia sinuosa, C. unguis, C. ungaricus (179079) C. unguis, C. ungaricus (179048)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588Italy (Emilia-Romagna) C. laevis, C. ungaricus (178117)
Gelasian2.588 - 1.806Italy C. sinuosus, C. hungaricus (178931) C. ungaricus (178779) C. ungaricus, C. sinuosus (178457)
Gelasian2.588 - 1.806Italy (Parma) C. hungaricus (178917) C. sinuosus, C. hungaricus (178884 178916 178918 178920 178921)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Panama (Bocas) C. sp. (79871)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Antarctica C. subcompressus (48425 48427 48428 48430 48431 48434 48435)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Italy C. hungaricus (78312)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781USA (Florida) C. sp. (79786)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Vanuatu C. japonicus (78046)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Ecuador C. sericeus (62040)
Calabrian1.8 - 0.774Italy (Roma) C. hungaricus (178973)
Calabrian1.8 - 0.774Italy C. hungaricus (77008) C. sinuosus, C. hungaricus (178955)
Calabrian1.8 - 0.774Italy (Parma) C. hungaricus (178928) C. sinuosus, C. hungaricus (178925)
Castlecliffian1.63 - 0.34New Zealand C. uncinatus (178187)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Ireland C. ungaricus (178118)
Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene0.774 - 0.0117Morocco C. hungaricus (127573)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Morocco C. hungaricus (127594 127599)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Netherlands C. ungaricus (98201)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Argentina C. sp. (71604)