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Family: Capulidae



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71 species (see list below)
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Coltro, Marcus

Arctic, Northern Pacific
Max. Length 2.2 cm DL
Ariadnaria borealis (Broderip & Sowerby I, 1829)

Photo by Coltro, Marcus
 
Ariadnaria borealis
[Boreal hairysnail]
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Ariadnaria densecostata
[]
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Ariadnaria exigua
[]
No picture found
 
Ariadnaria willetti
[]
No picture found
 
Capulus californicus
[California capsnail]
No picture found

Max. Length 1.3 cm DL
 
Capulus compressus
[]
No picture found
 
Capulus dilatatus
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 2.3 cm SHL
 
Capulus gelatous
[]
No picture found
 
Capulus incurvus
[Incurved capsnail]
No picture found
 
Capulus japonicus
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 1.2 cm SHL
 
Capulus jasminus
[]
No picture found
 
Capulus kawamurai
[]
No picture found
 
Capulus otohimeae
[]
No picture found
 
Capulus spondylicola
[]

Arntz, Wolf E.

Antarctic
Max. Length 0.7 cm DL
Capulus subcompressus Pelseneer, 1903

Photo by Arntz, Wolf E.
 
Capulus subcompressus
[]
No picture found
 
Capulus tosaensis
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 3.5 cm DL
 
Capulus ungaricoides
[]

FAO

Atlantic Ocean and the Me
Max. Length 5 cm DL
Capulus ungaricus (Linnaeus, 1767)

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Capulus ungaricus
[Common cap shell]
No picture found

Max. Length 1.9 cm DL
 
Hyalorisia galea
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 1.1 cm SHL
 
Latticosta guidopoppei
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 0.8 cm SHL
 
Latticosta tagaroae
[]
No picture found
 
Neoiphinoe arctica
[]
No picture found
 
Neoiphinoe coronata
[Crowned hairysnail]
No picture found
 
Neoiphinoe echinata
[]
No picture found
 
Neoiphinoe kroeyeri
[Kroyer's hairysnail]
No picture found
 
Phalium bisulcatum
[Japanese bonnet]
No picture found
 
Torellia ammonia
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 0.5 cm DL
 
Torellia antarctica
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 1.9 cm DL
 
Torellia cornea
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 1.7 cm TL
 
Torellia delicata
[Veiled hairysnail]
No picture found
 
Torellia fimbriata
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 1.2 cm SHH
 
Torellia loyaute
[]

Arntz, Wolf E.

Antarctic.
Max. Length 4.2 cm DL
Torellia mirabilis (Smith, 1907)

Photo by Arntz, Wolf E.
 
Torellia mirabilis
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 1.5 cm DL
 
Torellia planispira
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 2.8 cm DL
 
Torellia smithi
[]
No picture found
 
Torellia vallonia
[Acorn hairysnail]
No picture found

Max. Length 0.6 cm SHL
 
Trichosirius omnimarium
[]

Coltro, Marcus

Arctic, Northern Pacific
Max. Length 3.7 cm DL
Trichotropis bicarinata (Sowerby I, 1825)

Photo by Coltro, Marcus
 
Trichotropis bicarinata
[Two-keel hairysnail]
No picture found

Max. Length 3 cm SHH
 
Trichotropis cancellata
[Cancellate hairysnail]
No picture found

Max. Length 1.8 cm DL
 
Trichotropis conica
[]
No picture found
 
Trichotropis flavida
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 0.6 cm DL
 
Trichotropis inflata
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 2.5 cm DL
 
Trichotropis insignis
[Gray hairysnail]
No picture found
 
Trichotropis townsendi
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 0.3 cm DL
 
Trichotropis turrita
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 0.6 cm SHL
 
Verticosta ariane
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 0.7 cm SHL
 
Verticosta bellefontainae
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 0.8 cm SHL
 
Verticosta biangulata
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 0.7 cm SHL
 
Verticosta bicarinata
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 0.8 cm SHH
 
Verticosta castelli
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 0.6 cm SHL
 
Verticosta cheni
[]
No picture found
 
Verticosta feejee
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 1.4 cm SHL
 
Verticosta filipinos
[]
No picture found
 
Verticosta iris
[]
No picture found
 
Verticosta kanak
[]
No picture found
 
Verticosta lapita
[]
No picture found
 
Verticosta lemurella
[]
No picture found
 
Verticosta lilii
[]
No picture found
 
Verticosta madagascarensis
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 1 cm DL
 
Verticosta migrans
[Wandering hairysnail]
No picture found
 
Verticosta milleinsularum
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 1.0 cm SHL
 
Verticosta plexa
[]
No picture found
 
Verticosta pyramis
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 0.8 cm SHL
 
Verticosta quadricarinata
[]
No picture found
 
Verticosta reunionnaise
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 0.3 cm SHL
 
Verticosta rurutuana
[]
No picture found
 
Verticosta sinusvellae
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 0.6 cm SHL
 
Verticosta terrassesae
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 1.2 cm SHL
 
Verticosta tricarinata
[]
No picture found
 
Verticosta uvea
[]
No picture found
 
Verticosta vanuatuensis
[]


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Scientific Name English Name Distribution Max. Length (cm) Year
Ariadnaria borealis Boreal hairysnail Arctic, Northern Pacific 2.2 DL 1829
Ariadnaria densecostata Arctic 1986
Ariadnaria exigua Arctic 2022
Ariadnaria willetti Arctic 2022
Capulus californicus California capsnail East Pacific. 1900
Capulus compressus Southeast Pacific and Sou 1.3 DL 1891
Capulus dilatatus Western Central Pacific 1860
Capulus gelatous Western Central Pacific 2.3 SHL 2022
Capulus incurvus Incurved capsnail Western Central Atlantic 1791
Capulus japonicus Western Central Pacific 1861
Capulus jasminus Western Central Pacific 1.2 SHL 2022
Capulus kawamurai Western Central Pacific 1992
Capulus otohimeae Western Central Pacific 1946
Capulus spondylicola Western Central Pacific 1967
Capulus subcompressus Antarctic 0.7 DL 1903
Capulus tosaensis Western Central Pacific 1939
Capulus ungaricoides Southeast Pacific and Sou 3.5 DL 1841
Capulus ungaricus Common cap shell Atlantic Ocean and the Me 5 DL 1767
Hyalorisia galea Western Central Atlantic. 1.9 DL 1889
Latticosta guidopoppei Western Pacific. 1.1 SHL 2021
Latticosta tagaroae Central Pacific 0.8 SHL 2021
Neoiphinoe arctica Arctic, Northern Pacific 1849
Neoiphinoe coronata Crowned hairysnail Arctic and Northeast Paci 1860
Neoiphinoe echinata Arctic 1998
Neoiphinoe kroeyeri Kroyer's hairysnail Arctic, Northern Pacific 1849
Phalium bisulcatum Japanese bonnet Western Pacific 1829
Torellia ammonia Western Pacific 1919
Torellia antarctica Antarctic, Western Atlant 0.5 DL 1912
Torellia cornea Western Atlantic and Indo 1.9 DL 1951
Torellia delicata Veiled hairysnail Northern Atlantic and the 1.7 TL 1844
Torellia fimbriata Northern Atlantic and the 1882
Torellia loyaute Western Central Pacific 1.2 SHH 2021
Torellia mirabilis Antarctic. 4.2 DL 1907
Torellia planispira Western Atlantic and Indo 1.5 DL 1915
Torellia smithi Antarctic Atlantic 2.8 DL 1986
Torellia vallonia Acorn hairysnail East Pacific. 1919
Trichosirius omnimarium Pacific Ocean. 0.6 SHL 2021
Trichotropis bicarinata Two-keel hairysnail Arctic, Northern Pacific 3.7 DL 1825
Trichotropis cancellata Cancellate hairysnail Northeast Pacific and the 3 SHH 1843
Trichotropis conica Arctic and Northern Atlan 1.8 DL 1842
Trichotropis flavida Western Central Pacific 1843
Trichotropis inflata Atlantic Ocean. 0.6 DL 1879
Trichotropis insignis Gray hairysnail Arctic, Northern Pacific 2.5 DL 1849
Trichotropis townsendi Western Central Pacific 1901
Trichotropis turrita Western Central Pacific a 0.3 DL 1927
Verticosta ariane Southwest Atlantic 0.6 SHL 2021
Verticosta bellefontainae Western Central Atlantic 0.7 SHL 2021
Verticosta biangulata Pacific Ocean 0.8 SHL 2021
Verticosta bicarinata Western Central Pacific 0.7 SHL 2021
Verticosta castelli Western Central Pacific 0.8 SHH 2021
Verticosta cheni Western Central Pacific 0.6 SHL 2021
Verticosta feejee Western Central Pacific 2021
Verticosta filipinos Western Central Pacific 1.4 SHL 2021
Verticosta iris Western Central Pacific 2021
Verticosta kanak Western Central Pacific 2021
Verticosta lapita Western Central Pacific 2021
Verticosta lemurella Western Indian Ocean 2021
Verticosta lilii Western Central Pacific 2021
Verticosta madagascarensis Western Indian Ocean 2021
Verticosta migrans Wandering hairysnail Western Atlantic. 1 DL 1881
Verticosta milleinsularum Western Central Pacific 2021
Verticosta plexa Indo-Pacific. 1.0 SHL 2021
Verticosta pyramis Western Central Pacific 2021
Verticosta quadricarinata Western Central Pacific 0.8 SHL 2021
Verticosta reunionnaise Western Indian Ocean 2021
Verticosta rurutuana Eastern Central Pacific 0.3 SHL 2021
Verticosta sinusvellae Western Central Pacific 2021
Verticosta terrassesae Western Central Pacific 0.6 SHL 2021
Verticosta tricarinata Central Pacific. 1.2 SHL 2021
Verticosta uvea Western Central Pacific 2021
Verticosta vanuatuensis Western Central Pacific 2021



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