Capulidae Explained

The Capulidae, the cap snails or cap shells, are a taxonomic family of limpet-like sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the clade Littorinimorpha.^[1] Capulidae is the only family in the superfamily Capuloidea. According to taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi (2005) the family Capulidae has no subfamilies.

The name Trichotropidae was previously used for this family, but this name is invalid, as it is a junior synonym.^[2]

Genera

Genera within the family Capulidae include:^[3]

• Ariadnaria Habe, 1961
• † Blackdownia Kollmann, 1976 ^[4]
• Capulus Montfort, 1810
• Cerithioderma Conrad, 1860 (?)
• Ciliatotropis Golikov, 1986
• Discotrichoconcha Powell, 1951
• Echinospira Girotti, 1970
• Hyalorisia Dall, 1889
• Icuncula Iredale, 1924
• Krebsia Montfort, 1810 (?)
• Lippistes Montfort, 1810 (?)
• Neoiphinoe Habe, 1978
• Malluvium Melvill, 1906 (?)
• Rufodardanula Ponder, 1965 (?)
• Separatista Gray, 1847
• Torellia Lovén in Jeffreys, 1867
• Trichamathina Habe, 1962
• Trichosirius Finlay, 1926 (?)
• Trichotropis Broderip and G. B. Sowerby I, 1829
• Turritropis Habe, 1961
• Verticosta S.-I Huang & M.-H. Lin, 2020
• Zelippistes Finlay, 1927 (?)

Genera brought into synonymy :

• Actita Fischer von Waldheim, 1823: synonym of Capulus Montfort, 1810
• Antitrichotropis Powell, 1951: synonym of Torellia Jeffreys, 1867
• Brocchia Bronn, 1828: synonym of Capulus Montfort, 1810
• Capulonix Iredale, 1929: synonym of Capulus Montfort, 1810
• Iphinoe H. Adams & A. Adams, 1856 : synonym of Neoiphinoe Habe, 1978
• Neoconcha E.A. Smith, 1907: synonym of Torellia (Neoconcha) E.A. Smith, 1907
• Ovotropis Egorov & Alexeyev, 1998: synonym of Neoiphinoe Habe, 1978
• Pileopsis Lamarck, 1822 : synonym of Capulus Montfort, 1810
• Trichoconcha E.A. Smith, 1907: synonym of Torellia Jeffreys, 1867

References

• Powell A. W. B., New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979
• Vaught, K.C. (1989). A classification of the living Mollusca. American Malacologists: Melbourne, FL (USA). . XII, 195 pp
• Discover Life

External links

• image of Capulus dilatatus
• 10.1080/03036758.2010.500717. Marine Mollusca of isotope stages of the last 2 million years in New Zealand. Part 3. Gastropoda (Vetigastropoda - Littorinimorpha). 2010. Beu. AG. Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand. 40. 3–4. 59–180. free. 2010JRSNZ..40...59B .
• Miocene Gastropods and Biostratigraphy of the Kern River Area, California; United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 642

Notes and References

1. Gofas, S. (2012). Capulidae. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=139 on 2012-07-24
2. https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=72589 ITIS Capulidae Fleming, 1822
3. http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=139 Gofas, S. (2010). Capulidae. In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. (2010) World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.eu/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=139 on 2010-06-06
4. Kiel S. (2003) New taxonomic data for the gastropod fauna of the Umzamba Formation (Santonian–Campanian, South Africa); Cretaceous Research 24 (2003) 449–475