Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Brachiopoda > Subphylum Rhynchonelliformea > Class Rhynchonellata > Order Terebratulida > Superfamily Gwynioidea > Genus Gwynia

Gwynia capsula (Jeffreys, 1859)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Gwynia*	King, 1859	accepted genus name

Species group names

*Terebratula capsula*	Jeffreys, 1859	synonym

Literature

basis of record	Howson, C.M. (2001). Brachiopoda, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 334
additional source	Logan, A. (2007). Geographic distribution of extant articulated brachiopods. In: Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology, Part H, Brachiopoda (revised), vol.6, 3082–3115. Geological Society of America, Boulder, Colorado, and University of Kansas Press, Lawrence, Kansas.
additional source	Stiasny, G. (1933). VI. Verzeichnis der Brachiopoden-Sammlung des naturhistorischen Reichsmuseums in Leiden. Uitgegeven door het Rijksmuseum van natuurlijke historie te. Deel XV. LEIDEN. Aflevering 3-4. 129-148.
additional source	Álvarez, F.; Emig, C.C; Tréguier, J. (2017). Brachiopodes actuels. Historique et révision de la collection D.-P. OEhlert (Laval). Brachiopodes des côtes françaises métropolitaines. Carnets de Géologie, Madrid, CG2017_B02, 386 p.
additional source	Simon, E.; Willems, G. (1999). Gwynia capsula (Jeffreys, 1859) and other recent brachiopods from submarine caves in Croatia. Bull. K. Belg. Inst. Nat. Wet. 69: 15-21.
additional source	Kerckhof, F.; Houziaux, J.-S.; Degraer, S. (2011). The hidden life of Gwynia capsula (Jeffreys, 1859) (Brachiopoda, Terebratulida) a minute articulate brachiopod new to the southern North Sea. In: Mees, J. et al. (Ed.) (2011). VLIZ Young Scientists' Day, Brugge, Belgium 25 February 2011: book of abstracts. pp. 41.
additional source	Dall W.H. (1920). Annotated list of the Recent Brachiopoda in the collection of the United States National Museum, with descriptions of thirty-three new forms. Proceedings of the United States National Museum. 57(2314), 261-377.
additional source	Hayward, P.J. & J.S. Ryland (Eds.). (1990). The marine fauna of the British Isles and North-West Europe: 1. Introduction and protozoans to arthropods. Clarendon Press: Oxford, UK. 627 pp.

Genbank

Citation

Verhoeff, T. (2025). World Brachiopoda Database. Gwynia capsula (Jeffreys, 1859). Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:104060