# Capulus subcompressus

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{{Short description|Species of gastropod}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2020}}
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| genus = Capulus
| species = subcompressus
| authority = [Pelseneer](/source/Paul_Pelseneer), 1903
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'''''Capulus subcompressus''''' is a [species](/source/species) of small [sea snail](/source/sea_snail), a marine [gastropod](/source/gastropod) [mollusk](/source/mollusk) in the [family](/source/Family_(taxonomy)) [Capulidae](/source/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](/source/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](/source/Weddell_Sea), off Antarctica

== Description ==
The maximum recorded [shell](/source/gastropod_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](/source/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"/>

==References==
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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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