{{Short description|Species of gastropod}} {{Use dmy dates|date=August 2020}} {{Speciesbox | image = | image_caption = | genus = Capulus | species = subcompressus | authority = Pelseneer, 1903 | synonyms_ref = | synonyms = }}

'''''Capulus subcompressus''''' is a species of small sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Capulidae, the cap snails.<ref name="WoRMS">{{WRMS species|197086|''Capulus subcompressus'' Pelseneer, 1903|||Schiaparelli, S. (2009). Capulus subcompressus Pelseneer, 1903. In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed through the World Register of Marine Species at <nowiki>http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=197086</nowiki> on 5 June 2010}}</ref>

==Distribution== This species occurs in the Weddell Sea, off Antarctica

== Description == The maximum recorded shell length is 6.6&nbsp;mm.<ref name="Welch 2010">Welch J. J. (2010). "The "Island Rule" and Deep-Sea Gastropods: Re-Examining the Evidence". ''PLOS One'' '''5'''(1): e8776. {{doi|10.1371/journal.pone.0008776|doi-access=free}}.</ref>

== Habitat == Minimum recorded depth is 283 m.<ref name="Welch 2010"/> Maximum recorded depth is 430 m.<ref name="Welch 2010"/>

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==External links== * {{Gastropods.com|key=4|id=26084|title=''Capulus subcompressus''|access-date=15 January 2019}}

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Category:Capulidae Category:Gastropods described in 1903

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