Capulus ungaricus

Capulus ungaricus
Shell of Capulus ungaricus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Family: Capulidae
Genus: Capulus
Species:
C. ungaricus
Binomial name
Capulus ungaricus
(Linnaeus, 1758)
Synonyms
  • Amalthea maxima Schumacher, 1817
  • Capulus hungaricus [sic] (misspelling of Capulus ungaricus (Linnaeus, 1758))
  • Capulus hungaricus thorsoni Nordsieck, 1969
  • Capulus militaris (Linnaeus, 1771)
  • Patella militaris Linnaeus, 1771
  • Patella ungarica Linnaeus, 1758 (original combination)
  • Protomedea ornata Costa O.G., 1861

Capulus ungaricus, common name the bonnet shell, is a species of medium-sized sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Capulidae, the cap snails.

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