| Capulus ungaricus | |
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| Two shells of Capulus ungaricus with the periostracum removed | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda clade Littorinimorpha |
| Superfamily: | Capuloidea |
| Family: | Capulidae |
| Genus: | Capulus |
| Species: | C. ungaricus |
| Binomial name | |
| Capulus ungaricus (Linnaeus, 1758) |
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Capulus ungaricus, common name the bonnet shell, is a species of small sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Capulidae, the cap snails.[1]
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The original name of this species is Capulus ungaricus (Linnaeus, 1758).[1] Later on, a few authors (e.g. Jeffreys, 1865, Thorson, 1941, Ziegelmeier, 1966, Lindner, 1977) changed the name erroneously in Capulus hungaricus.[1] The correct date of publication is 1758 and not 1767 as Abbott (1974) and Lindner (1977) cited.[1]
Distribution of Capulus ungaricus include from Greenland to off Florida.[1] Its is less common on North Sea.[1]
The maximum recorded shell length is 50 mm.[2]
Minimum recorded depth is 1 m.[2] Maximum recorded depth is 838 m.[2] It is known also from seamounts and knolls.[1]
It is a suspension feeder.[1]
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