original description
Smith, E. A. (1904). Natural history notes from H.M. Indian Marine Survey Steamer "Investigator", Commander T.H. Heming, R.N., ser. 3 (1). On Mollusca from the Bay of Bengal and the Arabian Sea. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> ser. 7, 14: 1-14., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27733743
page(s): 1 [details]
additional source
Subba Rao, N. V. (2003). Indian Seashells (Part 1) Polyplacophora and Gastropoda. <em>Records of the Zoological Survey of India, Occassional Paper.</em> 192: x + 416 pp., 96 pls. [details] Available for editors [request]
From editor or global species database
Homonymy Capulus fragilis E. A. Smith, 1904 is currently in use for a Recent species from the Bay of Bengal. However, it is a junior homonym of Capulus fragilis Meek & Hayden, 1856, a fossil from Fossil Hill, Nebraska. [details]