†family Gigantocapulidae Beu 2007 (snail)
Gastropoda - Vanikoroidea - Gigantocapulidae
Full reference: A. G. Beu. 2007. The Inoceramus limpet Gigantocapulus problematicus (Nagao and Otatume, 1938) in New Zealand (Late Cretaceous Gastropoda or Monoplacophora, Gigantocapulidae n. fam.). Palaeontologische Zeitschrift 81(3):267-282
Parent taxon: Vanikoroidea according to A. G. Beu 2007
Sister taxa: Aclididae, Eulimidae, Haloceratidae, Hipponicacea, Omalaxidae, Vanikoridae
Subtaxa: Gigantocapulus
Type: Gigantocapulus
Ecology: epifaunal grazer
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Japan (5 collections), New Zealand (9), the Russian Federation (1)
Total: 15 collections each including a single occurrence