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Gigantocapulus

Gastropoda - Gigantocapulidae

Taxonomy

Gigantocapulus was named by Hayami and Kanie (1980) [Sepkoski's age data: K Camp-l]. Its type is Helcion giganteus. It is the type genus of Gigantocapulidae.

It was assigned to Neotaenioglossa by Sepkoski (2002); and to Gigantocapulidae by Beu (2007).

Species

G. giganteus, G. problematicus

Species lacking formal opinion data

G. transformis

Entered

by J. Sepkoski on 2003-01-23; modified by A. Hendy on 2013-04-30

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1980	Gigantocapulus Hayami and Kanie
2002	Gigantocapulus Sepkoski
2007	Gigantocapulus Beu pp. 269, 270

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Protostomia
—	Spiralia
superphylum	Lophotrochozoa

Rank	Name	Author
phylum	Mollusca
class	Gastropoda
subclass	Caenogastropoda	(Cox 1959)
superfamily	Vanikoroidea	Gray 1840
family	Gigantocapulidae
genus	Gigantocapulus	Hayami and Kanie 1980

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

G. †Gigantocapulus Hayami and Kanie 1980

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†Gigantocapulus giganteus Schmidt 1873

†Gigantocapulus problematicus Nagao and Otatume 1938

Diagnosis

No diagnoses are available

Measurements

No measurements are available

Composition:

aragonitec

Locomotion:

actively mobilesuperf

Life habit:

epifaunalsuperf

Diet:

grazersuperf

Vision:

limitedc

Created:

2009-09-10 08:01:26

Modified:

2009-09-10 10:01:26

Source: superf = superfamily, c = class

References: Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Early/Lower Campanian to the top of the Early/Lower Maastrichtian or 83.60000 to 66.00000 Ma

Collections (23 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Santonian - Early/Lower Campanian	85.7 - 72.2	Russian Federation (Sakhalin)	G. giganteus (4873)
Early/Lower Campanian	83.6 - 72.2	Russian Federation	G. giganteus (236995 236996 237000 237001 237009 237025 237595 237596)
Early/Lower Campanian	83.6 - 72.2	Japan	G. giganteus (87037)
Late/Upper Campanian	83.6 - 72.2	Japan	Anisomyon problematicus (176801 176805)
Haumurian	83.6 - 66.0	New Zealand	G. problematicus (86443 86444 86445 86446 86447 86450 86453 86454)
Late/Upper Campanian - Early/Lower Maastrichtian	83.6 - 66.0	New Zealand (Hawke's Bay)	G. problematicus (27887)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian	72.2 - 66.0	Japan (Hyogo)	Anisomyon problematicus (176812)
Maastrichtian	72.2 - 66.0	Japan (Iburi)	G. problematicus (40603)