Gastropoda - Sorbeoconcha - Capulidae
Full reference: J. C. de Sowerby and R. I. Murchison. 1839. The Silurian System. Part 2. Organic Remains. The Silurian System 2:579-768
Belongs to Capulus according to G. F. Whidborne 1891
See also de Sowerby and Murchison 1839 and Wagner 2023
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 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 Proetus concinnus-Warburgella stokesii Assemblage, Much Wenlock Limestone, which is in a Homerian marine grainstone/lime mudstone in the Much Wenlock Limestone Formation of the United Kingdom
Ecology: facultatively mobile epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution: there are no occurrences of Capulus haliotis in the database
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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