Capulus ungaricus

Capulus ungaricus
Shell of Capulus ungaricus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
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.[1]

  1. ^ Gofas, S. (2010). Capulus ungaricus (Linnaeus, 1758). In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. (2010) World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138984 on 2011-01-13