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Capulidae

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Description

The Capulidae, the cap snails or cap shells, are a taxonomic family of limpet-like sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the clade Littorinimorpha. 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.

From Wikipedia article at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capulidae, which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0.

Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	6763	https://www.gbif.org/species/6763
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	59527	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=59527

Rank

family

Taxonomy (GBIF)

Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Littorinimorpha : Capulidae

Taxonomy (PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Capulidae

Taxonomic Status (GBIF)

accepted

Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)

Rank	Name	Author
-	Eukaryota
-	Opisthokonta	Cavalier-Smith 1987
kingdom	Animalia
-	Bilateria
-	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
-	Protostomia	Grobben 1908
-	Spiralia
superphylum	Lophotrochozoa
phylum	Mollusca	Linnaeus 1758
class	Gastropoda	Cuvier 1797
superorder	Hypsogastropoda
infraorder	Littorinimorpha	Golikov and Starobogtov 1975
superfamily	Capuloidea	Fleming 1822
family	Capulidae	Fleming 1822

Scientific Name

Capulidae

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Capulidae	family	belongs to Calyptraeacea	stated without evidence	Sohl, 1964
Capulidae	family	belongs to Calyptraeoidea	stated with evidence	Ponder and Warén, 1988
Capulidae	family	belongs to Capuloidea	implied	Beesley, 1998
Capulidae	family	belongs to Caenogastropoda	stated without evidence	Wienrich, 2001
Capulidae	family	belongs to Calyptraeoidea	stated with evidence	Rosenberg, 2005
Capulidae	family	belongs to Capuloidea	stated with evidence	Bouchet et al., 2005

Status (PBDB)

extant

Taxon Size (PBDB)

Extant Size (PBDB)

18 (26%)

First Recorded Appearance

431 - 427 Ma
Silurian

Motility

facultatively mobile, attached

Vision

limited (based on Gastropoda)

Diet

suspension feeder

Ecospace Comments

LIFE HISTORY: Suspension-feeders according to Todd (2001).

Taphonomy

aragonite (based on Gastropoda)

Primary Reference (PBDB)

P. L. Beesley. 1998. Mollusca: the southern synthesis. Fauna of Australia 5

Common Name(s)

Haubenschnecken, Mützenschnecken, Cap Limpets, Capsnails, Mutsen, Toppmössor, カツラガイ

Wikipedia

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capulidae

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

Name	Status	Common Name(s)	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Ariadnaria genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		3	101 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous	0 Ma Extant
Armenostoma ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		4	101 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous	83.5 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Capulus genus	doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		198	431 Ma Silurian	0 Ma Extant
Capulus genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		26	296 Ma Permian	41.3 Ma Eocene
Cerithioderma ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		17	99.6 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous	5.33 Ma Miocene
Ciliatotropis genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Cyclotheca ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		2	431 Ma Silurian	431 Ma Silurian
Discotrichoconcha genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Garzasia ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		3	83.5 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous	72.1 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Hyala genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		4	83.5 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous	0 Ma Extant
Hyalorisia genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Icuncula genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)				0 Ma Extant
Lippistes genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	0.13 Ma Pleistocene	0 Ma Extant
Lysis ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		21	101 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous	41.3 Ma Eocene
Minytropis ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		2	86.3 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous	86.3 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Neoiphinoe genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Neojanacus genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		2	55.8 Ma Eocene	0 Ma Extant
Paxitropis ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		5	86.3 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous	83.6 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Separatista genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Sirius genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		3	33.9 Ma Oligocene	0 Ma Extant
Spirocrypta ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		20	61.6 Ma Paleocene	33.9 Ma Oligocene
Torellia genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Trichamathina genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Trichosirius genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		4	28.4 Ma Oligocene	0 Ma Extant
Trichotropis genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		30	83.6 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous	0 Ma Extant
Wexfordia ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	0.78 Ma Pleistocene	0.78 Ma Pleistocene
Zelippistes genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	1.63 Ma Pleistocene	0 Ma Extant

Obsolete Names

Name	Source	Taxon Rank	Taxonomy
Siriidae	GBIF	family	Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Littorinimorpha : Siriidae
Pileopsidae	GBIF	family	Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Littorinimorpha : Pileopsidae
Cerithiodermatidae	GBIF	family	Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Littorinimorpha : Cerithiodermatidae
Trachysmatidae	GBIF	family	Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Littorinimorpha : Trachysmatidae
Trichotropidae	GBIF	family	Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Littorinimorpha : Trichotropidae
Cerithiodermidae	GBIF	family	Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Littorinimorpha : Cerithiodermidae
Lippistidae	GBIF	family	Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Littorinimorpha : Lippistidae

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1822	Capulidae Fleming
1964	Capulidae Sohl p. 366
1988	Capulidae Ponder and Warén p. 300
1998	Capulidae Beesley p. 774
2001	Capulidae Wienrich p. 420
2005	Capulidae Bouchet et al. p. 250
2005	Capulidae Rosenberg
2005	Capulidae Squires and Saul p. 141
2007	Capulidae Harzhauser p. 105

References

Beesley P. L. (1998) Mollusca: the southern synthesis, Fauna of Australia 5

Sohl N. F. (1964) Gastropods from the coffee Sand (Upper Cretaceous) of Mississippi, USGS Professional Paper 331C, 345-394

Ponder W. F., Warén A. (1988) Appendix: classification of the Caenogastropoda and Heterostropha - a list of the family-group names and higher taxa, Malacological Review Suppl. 4, 288-326

Wienrich G. (2001) Die Fauna des marinen Miozäns von Kevelaer (Niederrhein), Gastropoda bis Cancellariidae 3, 385-639

Bouchet P., Rocroi J.-P, et al (2005) A nomenclator and classification of gastropod family-group names, Malacologia 47 1-2, 1-368

Rosenberg G. (2005) Malacolog 4.0: A database of Western Atlantic marine Mollusca, [WWW database (version 4.1.0)] URL http://data.acnatsci.org/wasp

Squires R. L., Saul L. R. (2005) New Late Cretaceous (Santonian and Campanian) gastropods from California and Baja California, Mexico, The Nautilus 119 4, 133-148

Harzhauser M. (2007) Oligocene and Aquitanian gastropod faunas from the Sultanate of Oman and their biogeographic implications for the western Indo-Pacific., Palaeontographica Abteilung A 280, 75-121

Benton, M.J. (ed). (1993). The Fossil Record 2. Chapman & Hall, London, 845 pp. - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Bouchet, P.; Rocroi, J.-P. (2005). Classification and nomenclator of gastropod families. Malacologia. 47(1-2): 1-397. - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Parker, S.P. (ed). (1982). Synopsis and Classification of Living Organisms. McGraw-Hill, New York. 2 volumes. - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

WoRMS (Mar 2013) - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Bouchet, P., Rocroi, J.-P. (2005). Classification and nomenclator of gastropod families. Malacologia. 47(1-2): 1-397 ISBN 3-925919-72-4. - via World Register of Marine Species

Gärdenfors, Ulf, Hall, Ragnar, Hallingbäck, Tomas, Hansson, Hans G. & Hedström, Lars (2003) Djur, svampar och växter i Sverige 2003. Förteckning över antal arter per familj. ArtDatabanken Rapporterar 5, ArtDatabanken, Uppsala. (reviderad excelfil med svenska djurfamiljer). - via Dyntaxa. Svensk taxonomisk databas

Bouchet, Rocroi, Hausdorf, Kaim, Kano, Nützel, Parkhaev, Schrödl & Strong, E (2017) Revised Classification, Nomenclator and Typification of Gastropod and Monoplacophoran Families - via Dyntaxa. Svensk taxonomisk databas

WoRMS (2016) Accessed through World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/ - via Dyntaxa. Svensk taxonomisk databas

MolluscaBase (2018) http://www.molluscabase.org - via Dyntaxa. Svensk taxonomisk databas

Turgeon, D. D., J. F. Quinn, Jr., A. E. Bogan, E. V. Coan, F. G. Hochberg, W. G. Lyons, et al., 1998: Common and scientific names of aquatic invertebrates from the United States and Canada: Mollusks, 2nd ed.. American Fisheries Society Special Publication 26. 526. - via Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)

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