Deep-Sea taxon details
Capuloidea J. Fleming, 1822
387335 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:387335)
accepted
Superfamily
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: Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2026) World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS) at: https://www.marinespecies.org/deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=387335 on 2026-04-16
Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2026). World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS). Capuloidea J. Fleming, 1822. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/Deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=387335 on 2026-04-16
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]
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): 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]
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]
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] |
