†family Gigantocapulidae Beu 2007 (snail)

Gastropoda - Vanikoroidea - Gigantocapulidae

Full reference: A. G. Beu. 2007. The Inoceramus limpet Gigantocapulus problematicus (Nagao and Otatume, 1938) in New Zealand (Late Cretaceous Gastropoda or Monoplacophora, Gigantocapulidae n. fam.). Palaeontologische Zeitschrift 81(3):267-282

Parent taxon: Vanikoroidea according to A. G. Beu 2007

Sister taxa: Aclididae, Eulimidae, Haloceratidae, Hipponicacea, Omalaxidae, Vanikoridae

Subtaxa: Gigantocapulus

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Type: Gigantocapulus

Ecology: epifaunal grazer

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of Japan (5 collections), New Zealand (9), the Russian Federation (1)

Total: 15 collections each including a single occurrence

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