Capulidae J. Fleming 1822

The Capulidae, the cap snails or cap shells, are a taxonomic family of limpet-like sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the clade Littorinimorpha.^[1] Capulidae is the only family in the superfamily Capuloidea. According to taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi (2005) the family Capulidae has no subfamilies.

The name Trichotropidae was previously used for this family, but this name is invalid, as it is a junior synonym.^[2]

Genera

Genera within the family Capulidae include:^[3]

• Ariadnaria Habe, 1961
• † Blackdownia Kollmann, 1976 ^[4]
• Capulus Montfort, 1810
• Cerithioderma Conrad, 1860 (?)
• Ciliatotropis Golikov, 1986
• Discotrichoconcha Powell, 1951
• Echinospira Girotti, 1970
• Hyalorisia Dall, 1889
• Icuncula Iredale, 1924
• Krebsia Montfort, 1810 (?)
• Lippistes Montfort, 1810 (?)
• Neoiphinoe Habe, 1978
• Malluvium Melvill, 1906 (?)
• Rufodardanula Ponder, 1965 (?)
• Separatista Gray, 1847
• Torellia Lovén in Jeffreys, 1867
• Trichamathina Habe, 1962
• Trichosirius Finlay, 1926 (?)
• Trichotropis Broderip and G. B. Sowerby I, 1829
• Turritropis Habe, 1961
• Verticosta S.-I Huang & M.-H. Lin, 2020
• Zelippistes Finlay, 1927 (?)

Genera brought into synonymy

• Actita Fischer von Waldheim, 1823: synonym of Capulus Montfort, 1810
• Antitrichotropis Powell, 1951: synonym of Torellia Jeffreys, 1867
• Brocchia Bronn, 1828: synonym of Capulus Montfort, 1810
• Capulonix Iredale, 1929: synonym of Capulus Montfort, 1810
• Iphinoe H. Adams & A. Adams, 1856 : synonym of Neoiphinoe Habe, 1978
• Neoconcha E.A. Smith, 1907: synonym of Torellia (Neoconcha) E.A. Smith, 1907
• Ovotropis Egorov & Alexeyev, 1998: synonym of Neoiphinoe Habe, 1978
• Pileopsis Lamarck, 1822 : synonym of Capulus Montfort, 1810
• Trichoconcha E.A. Smith, 1907: synonym of Torellia Jeffreys, 1867

References

• Powell A. W. B., New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1
• Vaught, K.C. (1989). A classification of the living Mollusca. American Malacologists: Melbourne, FL (USA). ISBN 0-915826-22-4. XII, 195 pp
• Discover Life
• "Capulidae". Integrated Taxonomic Information System.