World Register of Deep-Sea species - Capulus ungaricus (Linnaeus, 1758)

WoRMS taxon details

Capulus ungaricus (Linnaeus, 1758)

To MNHN Fossil collection (Capulus ungaricus (LINNAEUS, 1758); Figuré; F.A50444)

AphiaID

138984 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:138984)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Capulus Montfort, 1810

Original name

Patella ungarica Linnaeus, 1758

Synonymised names

Amalthea maxima Schumacher, 1817 · unaccepted (synonym)

Capulus (Capulus) hungaricus [sic] · unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling

Capulus hungaricus Jeffreys, 1865 · unaccepted > unjustified emendation (of Capulus ungaricus (Linnaeus,...)

of Capulus ungaricus (Linnaeus, 1758)

Capulus hungaricus thorsoni F. Nordsieck, 1969 · unaccepted (synonym)

Capulus militaris (Linnaeus, 1771) · unaccepted

Patella militaris Linnaeus, 1771 · unaccepted (synonym)

Patella ungarica Linnaeus, 1758 · unaccepted (original combination)

Protomedea ornata O. G. Costa, 1861 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Environment

marine

Original description

(of Patella ungarica Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature, according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places.]. Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. 1(10) [iii], 824 p., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886 [details] Available for editors

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(of Capulus hungaricus Jeffreys, 1865) Jeffreys J.G. (1865). British conchology, or an account of the Mollusca which now inhabit the British Isles and the surrounding seas, vol. 3. Marine shells, comprising the remaining Conchifera, the Solenoconchia, and Gastropoda as far as Littorina. Van Voorst, London. 394 pp., pls 1-8. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16353591
page(s): 269 [details]

Descriptive notes

Distribution Greenland to off Florida

Distribution Greenland to off Florida [details]

Distribution Less common on North Sea

Distribution Less common on North Sea [details]

Taxonomy The original name of this species is Capulus ungaricus (Linnaeus, 1758). Later on, a few authors (e.g. Jeffreys, 1865,...

Taxonomy The original name of this species is Capulus ungaricus (Linnaeus, 1758). Later on, a few authors (e.g. Jeffreys, 1865, Thorson, 1941, Ziegelmeier, 1966, Lindner, 1977) changed the name erroneously in Capulus hungaricus. The correct date of publication is 1758 and not 1767 as Abbott (1974) and Lindner (1977) cited. [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Capulus ungaricus (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138984 on 2025-07-15

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

created

Gofas, Serge

2006-03-17 07:58:39Z

changed

Wambiji, Nina

2008-07-06 14:51:01Z

checked

Gofas, Serge

Licensing

The webpage text is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License

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Nomenclature

original description (of Patella ungarica Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature, according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places.]. Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. 1(10) [iii], 824 p., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886 [details] Available for editors

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original description (of Amalthea maxima Schumacher, 1817) Schumacher, C. F. (1817). Essai d'un nouveau système des habitations des vers testacés. Schultz, Copenghagen. iv + 288 pp., 22 pls., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/81329 [details]

original description (of Patella militaris Linnaeus, 1771) Linnaeus C. (1771). Mantissa plantarum: Generum editionis VI. et specierum editionis II. L. Salvius, Holmiae. Vol. Mantissa [2] altera: Regni Animalis Appendix: 521-552. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42945322
page(s): 552 [details]

original description (of Protomedea ornata O. G. Costa, 1861) Costa, O. G. (1861). Microdoride mediterranea; o, Descrizione de poco ben conosciuti od affatto ignoti viventi minuti e micoscropici del Meditterraneo, pel professore O. G. Costa. Tomo primo. Con tredici tavole. i-xviii, 1-80. Stamperia dell'Iride, Napoli., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/item/47094 [details]

original description (of Capulus hungaricus Jeffreys, 1865) Jeffreys J.G. (1865). British conchology, or an account of the Mollusca which now inhabit the British Isles and the surrounding seas, vol. 3. Marine shells, comprising the remaining Conchifera, the Solenoconchia, and Gastropoda as far as Littorina. Van Voorst, London. 394 pp., pls 1-8. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16353591
page(s): 269 [details]

original description (of Capulus hungaricus thorsoni F. Nordsieck, 1969) Nordsieck, F. (1969). Die europäischen Meeresmuscheln (Bivalvia). Vom Eismeer bis Kapverden, Mittelmeer und Schwarzes Meer. Gustav Fischer, Stuttgart, xiii + 256 pp.
page(s): 255 [details]

basis of record Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca. in: Costello, M.J. et al. (eds), European Register of Marine Species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Patrimoines Naturels. 50: 180-213., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/ocrd/254404.pdf [details]

Other

context source (Deepsea) Sysoev A.V. (2014). Deep-sea fauna of European seas: An annotated species check-list of benthic invertebrates living deeper than 2000 m in the seas bordering Europe. Gastropoda. Invertebrate Zoology. Vol.11. No.1: 134–155 [in English]. [details] Available for editors

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context source (Bermuda) Jensen, R. H. (1997). A Checklist and Bibliography of the Marine Molluscs of Bermuda. Unp. , 547 pp [details]

additional source Rolán E. (2005). Malacological Fauna From The Cape Verde Archipelago. Part 1, Polyplacophora and Gastropoda. ConchBooks. Hackenheim. ISBN 3-325319-73-2. 455 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details]

additional source Abbott, R. T. (1974). American seashells. The marine Mollusca of the Atlantic and Pacific coast of North America. ed. 2. Van Nostrand, New York. 663 pp., 24 pls. [October 1974]. (look up in IMIS) [details]

additional source Rosenberg, G.; Moretzsohn, F.; García, E. F. (2009). Gastropoda (Mollusca) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 579–699 in: Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas. [details] Available for editors

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additional source Sharman, M. (1956). Note on Capulus ungaricus (L.). Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom. 35(2), 445-450., available online at https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/journal-of-the-marine-biological-association-of-the-united-kingdom/article/note-on-capulus-ungaricus-l/646A883951E9C32677A37331E177769C [details]

Present

Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio

Inaccurate

Introduced: alien

Containing type locality

Unreviewed

Distribution Greenland to off Florida [details]

Distribution Less common on North Sea [details]

Habitat Known from seamounts and knolls [details]

Definitions

Language	Name
Danish	narrehuesnegl	[details]
Dutch	zotskapHongaarse muts	[details]
English	Hungarian cap shellfools capsnailfool's capcapsnailbonnet shell	[details]
German	UngarnkappeUngarkappe Hungarian	[details]
Modern Greek (1453-)	Ουγγαρέζικο καπέλο	[details]
Spanish	caperuza	[details]
Swedish	ungersk mössa	[details]