Capulidae

Capulidae
Two shells of Capulus ungaricus with the periostracum removed
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Clade:	Hypsogastropoda
Superorder:	Latrogastropoda
Superfamily:	Capuloidea
Family:	Capulidae Fleming, 1822
Genera
See text
Synonyms
Trichotropidae Gray, 1850 Verenidae Gray, 1857 (inv.) Pileopsidae Chenu, 1859 Lippistidae Iredale, 1924 Siriidae Iredale, 1931 Cerithhiodermatidae Hacobjan, 1976

The Capulidae, the cap snails or cap shells, are a taxonomic family of limpet-like sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs. ^[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. Capulidae is assigned to the paraphyletic order Littorinimorpha, ^[1] but is more closely related to neogastropods than some other littorinimorphs as it is a member of the clade Latrogastropoda. ^[2]

The name Trichotropidae was previously used for this family, but this name is invalid, as it is a junior synonym. ^[3]

Genera

Genera within the family Capulidae include: ^[4]

• Ariadnaria Habe, 1961
• † Blackdownia Kollmann, 1976 ^[5]
• 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

• ActitaFischer von Waldheim, 1823: synonym of CapulusMontfort, 1810
• AntitrichotropisPowell, 1951: synonym of TorelliaJeffreys, 1867
• BrocchiaBronn, 1828: synonym of CapulusMontfort, 1810
• CapulonixIredale, 1929: synonym of CapulusMontfort, 1810
• Iphinoe H. Adams & A. Adams, 1856 : synonym of NeoiphinoeHabe, 1978
• NeoconchaE.A. Smith, 1907: synonym of Torellia (Neoconcha)E.A. Smith, 1907
• OvotropisEgorov & Alexeyev, 1998: synonym of NeoiphinoeHabe, 1978
• Pileopsis Lamarck, 1822 : synonym of Capulus Montfort, 1810
• TrichoconchaE.A. Smith, 1907: synonym of TorelliaJeffreys, 1867

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. Colgan, Donald J.; Ponder, Winston F. (2025-07-28). "Redefining Latrogastropoda Again and Searching for Its Sister Group in Hypsogastropoda (Gastropoda: Caenogastropoda)". Diversity. 17 (8): 524. Bibcode:2025Diver..17..524C. doi: 10.3390/d17080524 . ISSN   1424-2818.
3. ITIS Capulidae Fleming, 1822
4. 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
5. Kiel S. (2003) New taxonomic data for the gastropod fauna of the Umzamba Formation (Santonian–Campanian, South Africa); Cretaceous Research 24 (2003) 449–475

• Powell A. W. B., New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN   0-00-216906-1
• Vaught, K.C. (1989). A classification of the living Mollusca. American Malacologists: Melbourne, FL (USA). ISBN   0-915826-22-4. XII, 195 pp
• Discover Life
• "Capulidae". Integrated Taxonomic Information System.

External links

• image of Capulus dilatatus
• Beu, AG (2010). "Marine Mollusca of isotope stages of the last 2 million years in New Zealand. Part 3. Gastropoda (Vetigastropoda - Littorinimorpha)". Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand. 40 (3–4): 59–180. Bibcode:2010JRSNZ..40...59B. doi: 10.1080/03036758.2010.500717 .
• Miocene Gastropods and Biostratigraphy of the Kern River Area, California; United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 642 This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .