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Capulus haliotis

Gastropoda - Capulidae

Taxonomy
Capulus haliotis was named by de Sowerby and Murchison (1839) [Acroculia haliotis de Sowerby in Murchison 1839]. It is a 3D body fossil. 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.

It was recombined as Platyceras haliotis by Wagner (2023).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1839Capulus haliotis de Sowerby and Murchison pp. 11, 625, 636 figs. pl. 12 f. 16
1891Capulus haliotis Whidborne p. 221
2023Platyceras haliotis Wagner p. S5137

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classGastropoda
RankNameAuthor
subclassCaenogastropoda(Cox 1959)
Sorbeoconcha(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
Hypsogastropoda(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
superfamilyCapuloideaFleming 1822
familyCapulidaeFleming 1822
genusCapulusMonfort 1810
specieshaliotis

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.

Capulus haliotis de Sowerby and Murchison 1839
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: facultatively mobilef
Attached: yesf
Life habit: epifaunalf
Diet: suspension feederf
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2009-09-10 07:46:36
Modified: 2009-09-10 09:46:36
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009
Collections
No collection or age range data are available