Marine Species Traits - Capulidae J. Fleming, 1822

Traits taxon details

Capulidae J. Fleming, 1822

AphiaID

139 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:139)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Family

Parent

Capuloidea J. Fleming, 1822

Original name

Capulidae J. Fleming, 1822

Direct children (30)

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Subfamily Capulinae J. Fleming, 1822
1. Genus Ariadnaria T. Habe, 1961
2. Genus Blackdownia Kollmann, 1976 †
3. Genus Capulus Montfort, 1810
4. Genus Cerithioderma Conrad, 1860
5. Genus Ciliatotropis A. N. Golikov, 1986
6. Genus Cryocapulus Schiaparelli, Bouchet, Fassio & Oliverio, 2020
7. Genus Discotrichoconcha A. W. B. Powell, 1951
8. Genus Hyalorisia Dall, 1889
9. Genus Icuncula Iredale, 1924
10. Genus Latticosta S.-I Huang & M.-H. Lin, 2021
11. Genus Lippistes Montfort, 1810
12. Genus Neoiphinoe T. Habe, 1978
13. Genus Profusinus Bandel, 2000 †
14. Genus Separatista Gray, 1847
15. Genus Sirius Hedley, 1900
16. Genus Tintorium Sohl, 1961 †
17. Genus Torellia Jeffreys, 1867
18. Genus Trichamathina Habe, 1962
19. Genus Trichosirius H. J. Finlay, 1926
20. Genus Trichotropis Broderip & G. B. Sowerby I, 1829
21. Genus Turbinopsis Conrad, 1860 †
22. Genus Turritropis Habe, 1961
23. Genus Vermeijia Amano, 2019 †
24. Genus Verticosta S.-I Huang & M.-H. Lin, 2020
25. Genus Zelippistes H. J. Finlay, 1926
26. Genus Mesostoma Deshayes, 1861 † accepted as Cerithioderma Conrad, 1860 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym, invalid: junior homonym of Mesostoma Ehrenberg, 1836)
27. Genus Pileopsis Lamarck, 1822 accepted as Capulus Montfort, 1810 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
Subfamily Lysinae Saul & Squires, 2008 †
1. Genus Lysis Gabb, 1864 †

Environment

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

Fossil range

recent + fossil

Original description

Fleming, J. (1822). The philosophy of zoology: or a general view of the structure, functions and classification of animals. Edinburgh Vol. 2: 1-618., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28230157
page(s): 494; note: as Capulusidae [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Capulidae J. Fleming, 1822. Accessed through: Marine Species Traits editorial board (2025) Marine Species Traits at: https://www.marinespecies.org/traits/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=139 on 2025-09-13

Thematic species database citation

Marine Species Traits editorial board (2025). Marine Species Traits. Capulidae J. Fleming, 1822. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/traits/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=139 on 2025-09-13

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

created

db_admin

2009-03-27 17:40:10Z

changed

Gofas, Serge

2025-09-11 08:31:52Z

changed

Bouchet, Philippe

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original description Fleming, J. (1822). The philosophy of zoology: or a general view of the structure, functions and classification of animals. Edinburgh Vol. 2: 1-618., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28230157
page(s): 494; note: as Capulusidae [details]

additional source Bouchet, P. & Rocroi, J.-P. (2005). Classification and nomenclator of gastropod families. Malacologia. 47 (1-2): 1-397. [20 July]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25127200 [details] Available for editors

Present

Inaccurate

Introduced: alien

Containing type locality

To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Capulidae)
To Genbank
To image gallery of Natural History Museum Rotterdam
To The Arctic Traits Database (1 trait)
To ITIS