African Register of Marine Species (AfReMaS)

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Capulus Montfort, 1810

Capulus ungaricus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Specimen from Bay of Málaga, Spain (actual size 23 mm).

AphiaID

137729 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:137729)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Parent

Capulinae J. Fleming, 1822

Original name

Capulus Montfort, 1810

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Species Capulus ungaricus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Capulus incurvus (Gmelin, 1791) accepted as Hipponix incurvus (Gmelin, 1791)
Species Capulus intortus (Lamarck, 1822) accepted as Hipponix incurvus (Gmelin, 1791)

Environment

marine, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Fossil range

recent + fossil

Grammatical gender

masculine

Original description

Montfort P. [Denys de]. (1808-1810). Conchyliologie systématique et classification méthodique des coquilles. Paris: Schoell. Vol. 1: pp. lxxxvii + 409 [1808]. Vol. 2: pp. 676 + 16 [1810 (before 28 May)]., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/10571
page(s): 2: 54 [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Capulus Montfort, 1810. Accessed through: Odido, M.; Appeltans, W.; BelHassen, M.; Mussai, P.; Nsiangango, S.E.; Vandepitte, L.; Wambiji, N.; Zamouri, N. Jiddou, A.M. (Eds) (2025) African Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/afremas/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=137729 on 2025-09-16

Regional species database citation

Odido, M.; Appeltans, W.; BelHassen, M.; Mussai, P.; Nsiangango, S.E.; Vandepitte, L.; Wambiji, N.; Zamouri, N. Jiddou, A.M. (Eds) (2025). African Register of Marine Species. Capulus Montfort, 1810. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/afremas/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=137729 on 2025-09-16

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

created

Gofas, Serge

2011-03-14 19:17:39Z

changed

Bouchet, Philippe

2017-08-09 05:52:19Z

changed

Bouchet, Philippe

2022-10-30 08:26:02Z

changed

Vinarski, Maxim

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original description Montfort P. [Denys de]. (1808-1810). Conchyliologie systématique et classification méthodique des coquilles. Paris: Schoell. Vol. 1: pp. lxxxvii + 409 [1808]. Vol. 2: pp. 676 + 16 [1810 (before 28 May)]., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/10571
page(s): 2: 54 [details]

additional source Spencer, H.G., Marshall, B.A. & Willan, R.C. (2009). Checklist of New Zealand living Mollusca. Pp 196-219. in: Gordon, D.P. (ed.) New Zealand inventory of biodiversity. Volume one. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. Canterbury University Press, Christchurch. [details]