Elf Cap Snail:

Capulus corrugatus

Photo 1: Elf  cap snail found on Puntledge River.

Fossils of this mollusk are quite common on the Trent and Puntledge Rivers.

Photo 2: Capulus corrugatus  among mass of bivalves (Sphenoceramus).

This specimen, which was found on the Island Highway, was found among a mass of bivalves identified as Sphenoceramus and some unidentified heteromorph ammonite fragments.

Other Vancouver Island Cretaceous Fossils:

Crustaceans: Linuparus (Spiny Lobster), Longusorbis (Crab)

Ammonites: Hauericeras, Polyptychoceras

Bivalves: Inoceramus, Sphenoceramus

Gastropods: Capulus (Elf Cap Snail)