Genus of gastropods
Scutalus
A live individual of Scutalus mariopenai
Scientific classification
Domain:
Eukaryota
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
Subclass:
Heterobranchia
Order:
Stylommatophora
Suborder:
Helicina
Superfamily:
Orthalicoidea
Family:
Bulimulidae
Genus:
Scutalus Albers , 1850[1]
Type species
Bulinus proteus Broderip, 1832
Synonyms
Buliminus (Scutalus) Albers, 1850 · accepted, alternate representationBulimulus (Scutalus) Albers, 1850 Bulimus (Scutalus) Albers, 1850 (original rank)Scutalus (Scutalus) Albers, 1850 · accepted, alternate representationSpiroscutalus Pilsbry, 1932 Xenothauma Fulton, 1896
Scutalus genus of air-breathing land snails , a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Bulimulidae .[2]
Previously this genus was placed within the subfamily Bulimulinae .[3]
Shells of Scutalus sp. on a Moche pot, 200 AD. Larco Museum Collection , Lima, Peru.
Species
Species in the genus Scutalus include:
Scutalus baroni (Fulton, 1896) Scutalus broggii (Pilsbry & Olsson, 1949) Scutalus chango Araya & Breure, 2017 Scutalus chiletensis Weyrauch, 1967 [2] Scutalus coraeformis (Pilsbry, 1897) Scutalus cousini (Jousseaume, 1887) Scutalus cretaceus (Pfeiffer, 1855) [4] images Scutalus grandiventris Weyrauch, 1960 Scutalus latecolumellaris (Preston, 1909) Scutalus macedoi Weyrauch, 1967 [4] Scutalus mariopenai Breure & Mogollón Avilla, 2010 [4] Scutalus mutabilis (W.J. Broderip, 1832) (synonym: Bulinus mutabilis Broderip, 1832)Scutalus nivalis (d'Orbigny, 1835) Scutalus omissus Weyrauch, 1967 Scutalus ortizpuentei Weyrauch, 1967 [4] Scutalus phaeocheilus (Haas, 1955) [4] Scutalus pilosus Weyrauch, 1967 Scutalus prometheus (J.C.H. Crosse, 1869) (synonym: Bulimus prometheus J.C.H. Crosse, 1869)Scutalus proteiformis (Dohrn, 1863) [4] Scutalus proteus (W.J. Broderip, 1832) (synonym: Bulinus proteus Broderip, 1832) [5] Scutalus quechuarum (Crawford, 1939) Scutalus sanborni (Haas, 1947) Scutalus sordidus (Deshayes, 1838) Scutalus steerei (Pilsbry, 1900) Scutalus versicolor (Broderip, 1832) [6] Species brought into synonymy
Scutalus pluto (J.C.H. Crosse, 1869) (synonym: Bulimus pluto Crosse, 1869 ): synonym of Bocourtia pluto (Crosse, 1869) Scutalus revinctus (Hupé, 1857) : synonym of Bulimus revinctus Hupé, 1857 Scutalus tupacii (d'Orbigny, 1835) : synonym of Bocourtia tupacii (d'Orbigny, 1835) Scutalus weddellii (Hupé, 1857) (synonym: Bulimus weddellii Hupé, 1857): synonym of Bocourtia weddellii (Hupé, 1857) 
