Capulus

Capulus
Temporal range: Silurian to Recent
Two shells of Capulus ungaricus with the periostracum removed
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Superfamily: Capuloidea
Family: Capulidae
Genus: Capulus
Montfort, 1810
Type species
Patella ungarica
Linnaeus, 1758
Synonyms
  • Actita Fischer von Waldheim, 1823 (Unnecessary substitute name for Capulus and Pileopsis)
  • Brocchia Bronn, 1828
  • Capulonix Iredale, 1929
  • Pileopsis Lamarck, 1822
  • Pileopsis (Brocchia) Bronn, 1828

Capulus is a genus of small sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Capulidae, the cap snails.