Capulus occidentalis Hall and Meek 1855 (snail)

Gastropoda - Sorbeoconcha - Capulidae

Full reference: J. Hall and F. B. Meek. 1855. Descriptions of New Species of Fossils, from the Cretaceous Formations of Nebraska, with Observations upon Baculites ovatus and B. compressus, and the Progressive Development of the Septa in Baculites, Ammonites, and Scaphites. Memoirs of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences 5(2):379-411

Belongs to Capulus according to J. Hall and F. B. Meek 1855

Sister taxa: Capulus (Brocchia), Capulus (Capulus), Capulus (Zinolia), Capulus americanus, Capulus anceps, Capulus angustus, Capulus apollinis, Capulus californicus, 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 pretiosus, Capulus selcanus, Capulus sigmoidalis, 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: found only at Sage Creek, Upper part of Division No.4 ( of Nebraska)

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