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Malacolog Version 4.1.1

A Database of Western Atlantic Marine Mollusca

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Gastropoda: : Calyptraeoidea: Capulidae

Capulus ungaricus (Linnaeus, 1758)


Range: 60°N to 12°N; 95°W to 64.8°W
Depth: 1 to 838 m (live 658 to 585 m)
Maximum Reported Size: 50  mm

Details


Patella ungarica Linnaeus, 1758, p. 782, [Gualt. t. 9, f. V, W; Klein t. 8, fig. 10]
[Basis of the current name]
Type Locality: in M[are] Mediterraneo
Range: 60°N to 12°N; 95°W to 64.8°W
Depth: 1 to 838 m (live 658 to 585 m)
Maximum Reported Size: 50 mm
Distribution: USA: Florida: unlocalized; USA: Texas; Colombia, Bermuda
References: Clarke (1954b) Ll; Odé (1983a) W; Bouchet & Warén (1993) c; Díaz & Puyana (1994) S
Comments: Western Atlantic records represent an undescribed species fide Bouchet & Warén (1993:729).


Partial List of References

Linnaeus, C. 1758. Systema Naturae Systema Naturae, 10th ed., vol. 1 824 pp. Laurentii Salvii: Holmiae [Stockholm, Sweden].

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