MarBEF Data System - ERMS - Capulus Montfort, 1810

ERMS taxon details

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

Type taxon

Patella ungarica Linnaeus, 1758 accepted as Capulus ungaricus (Linnaeus, 1758) (type by original designation)

Parent

Capulinae J. Fleming, 1822

Original name

Capulus Montfort, 1810

Synonymised names

Pileopsis Lamarck, 1822 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

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Species Capulus simplex Locard, 1898
Species Capulus ungaricus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Capulus hungaricus Jeffreys, 1865 accepted as Capulus ungaricus (Linnaeus, 1758) (unaccepted > unjustified emendation, of Capulus ungaricus (Linnaeus, 1758))
Species Capulus radiatus M. Sars, 1851 accepted as Piliscus commodus (Middendorff, 1851) (a junior synonym)

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: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2025) European Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marbef.org/data/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=137729 on 2025-11-10

Regional species database citation

Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2025). European Register of Marine Species. Capulus Montfort, 1810. Accessed at: http://www.marbef.org/data/aphia.php/js/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=137729 on 2025-11-10

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]

original description (of Pileopsis Lamarck, 1822) Lamarck, [J.-B. M.] de. (1822). Histoire naturelle des animaux sans vertèbres. Tome sixième, 2me partie, 232 pp. Paris, published by the author. , available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13181853 [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]