Kapal

Genus of molluscs

For the village in Kazakhstan, see Qapal.

Kapal

Temporal range: Miocene

PreꞒ

Scientific classification
Kingdom:  | Animalia
Phylum:  | Mollusca
Class:  | Cephalopoda
Order:  | Octopoda
Family:  | Argonautidae
Genus:  | †Kapal
Martin, 1930
Species:  |

†K. batavus

Binomial name
†Kapal batavus

Martin, 1930

Kapal is a monotypic genus of shelled octopods comprising the species Kapal batavus.

Kapal batavus was described in 1930 based on fossil material from Lower Palembang shales of Sumatra. The eggcase of this species is considerably more evolute than that of Argonauta, possessing an open umbilical region, and seems to lack the nodes present in members of that genus.[1]

Kapal is Indonesian for "ship".

## References

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1. ^ Saul, L. & C. Stadum (2005). "Fossil Argonauts (Mollusca: Cephalopoda: Octopodida) From Late Miocene Siltstones Of The Los Angeles Basin, California". Journal of Paleontology. 79 (3): 520–531\. Bibcode:2005JPal...79..520S. doi:10.1666/0022-3360(2005)079<0520:FAMCOF>2.0.CO;2. S2CID 131373540.[permanent dead link]

Taxon identifiers

Kapal batavus|

* Wikidata: Q6366398
* GBIF: 12188573

Kapal|

* Wikidata: Q29784153
* GBIF: 4621771
* IRMNG: 1202549
* Paleobiology Database: 15913

Kapal LCT

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