Gastropoda - Sorbeoconcha - Capulidae
Alternative combination: Capulus (Capulus) epicranum
Full reference: W. P. Woodring. 1928. Miocene Molluscs from Bowden, Jamaica. Part 2: Gastropods and discussion of results. Contributions to the Geology and Palaeontology of the West Indies
Belongs to Capulus according to A. J. W. Hendy et al. 2008
See also Woodring 1928
Sister taxa: Capulus (Brocchia), Capulus (Capulus), Capulus (Zinolia), Capulus americanus, Capulus anceps, Capulus angustus, Capulus apollinis, Capulus californicus, Capulus circinatus, Capulus complicatus, Capulus corrugatus, Capulus cuthandensis, Capulus cyrtocera, Capulus gatunensis, Capulus haliotis, Capulus hanieli, Capulus humilis, Capulus hungaricus, Capulus javanus, Capulus junghuhni, Capulus lissus, Capulus lius, Capulus monroei, Capulus muensteri, Capulus occidentalis, 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: USNM 369517, a shell
Ecology: facultatively mobile epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at Bowden Formation (Woodring 1925, 1928 Checklist) (Pliocene of Jamaica)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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