Capulus sigmoidalis Phillips 1841 (snail)

Gastropoda - Sorbeoconcha - Capulidae

Alternative combination: Acroculia sigmoidale

Full reference: J. Phillips. 1841. Figures and descriptions of the Palaeozoic fossils of Cornwall, Devon, and West Somerset; observed in the course of the Ordinance Geological Survey of that district. Geological Society of London 1-231

Belongs to Capulus according to J. Morris 1854

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 lius, Capulus muensteri, Capulus occidentalis, Capulus pretiosus, Capulus selcanus, Capulus silverthorni, Capulus sundaicus, Capulus tortus, Capulus uncinatus, Capulus ungaricus, Capulus unguis, Capulus varians, Capulus verus, Capulus welteri

Ecology: facultatively mobile epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Capulus sigmoidalis in the database

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