WoRMS taxon details
Capuloidea J. Fleming, 1822
387335 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:387335)
accepted
Superfamily
- Family Capulidae J. Fleming, 1822
- Family Gyrotropidae Bandel & Dockery, 2012 †
- Family Haloceratidae Warén & Bouchet, 1991
- Family Cerithiodermatidae Hacobjan, 1976 accepted as Capulidae J. Fleming, 1822
- Family Lippistidae Iredale, 1924 accepted as Capulidae J. Fleming, 1822
- Family Pileopsidae Chenu, 1859 accepted as Capulidae J. Fleming, 1822
- Family Siriidae Iredale, 1931 accepted as Capulidae J. Fleming, 1822
- Family Trachysmatidae Thiele, 1925 accepted as Capulidae J. Fleming, 1822
- Family Trichotropidae J. E. Gray, 1850 accepted as Capulidae J. Fleming, 1822 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Capulidae J. Fleming, 1822) Fleming, J. (1822). The philosophy of zoology: or a general view of the structure, functions and classification of animals. <em>Edinburgh Vol.</em> 2: 1-618., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28230157
page(s): 494; note: as Capulusidae [details]
page(s): 494; note: as Capulusidae [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Capuloidea J. Fleming, 1822. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=387335 on 2026-01-23
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Capulidae J. Fleming, 1822) Fleming, J. (1822). The philosophy of zoology: or a general view of the structure, functions and classification of animals. <em>Edinburgh Vol.</em> 2: 1-618., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28230157
page(s): 494; note: as Capulusidae [details]
basis of record Takano, T., Warén, A. & Kano, Y. (2022). Phylogenetic position of the deep-sea snail family Haloceratidae and new insights into caenogastropod relationships. <em>Journal of Molluscan Studies.</em> 88: eyac012., available online at https://doi.org/10.1093/mollus/eyac012 [details]
page(s): 494; note: as Capulusidae [details]
basis of record Takano, T., Warén, A. & Kano, Y. (2022). Phylogenetic position of the deep-sea snail family Haloceratidae and new insights into caenogastropod relationships. <em>Journal of Molluscan Studies.</em> 88: eyac012., available online at https://doi.org/10.1093/mollus/eyac012 [details]
Other
additional source
Cossmann, M. (1921). Essais de paléoconchologie comparée. Douzième livraison. Paris: [the author]. 349 pp., plates A-D, 1-6., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/37199513
page(s): 1; note: as Capulacea [details]
page(s): 1; note: as Capulacea [details]
From editor or global species database
Classification Segregation of Capulidae in its own superfamily follows Ponder (in Beesley et al. 1998). The echinospira larva of the Capulidae suggests they may form a monophyletic group with the Velutinoidea. [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| Japanese | カツラガイ上科 | [details] |
