Scutalus

Scutalus is a genus of air-breathing land snails, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Bulimulidae.[1]

Scutalus
A live individual of Scutalus mariopenai
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura
clade Panpulmonata
clade Eupulmonata
clade Stylommatophora
informal group Sigmurethra
Superfamily:
Orthalicoidea
Family:
Bulimulidae
Subfamily:
Peltellinae[1]
Genus:
Scutalus

Albers, 1850[2]
Synonyms
  • Buliminus (Scutalus) Albers, 1850· accepted, alternate representation
  • Bulimulus (Scutalus) Albers, 1850
  • Bulimus (Scutalus) Albers, 1850 (original rank)
  • Scutalus (Scutalus) Albers, 1850· accepted, alternate representation
  • Spiroscutalus Pilsbry, 1932
  • Xenothauma Fulton, 1896

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:

subgenus Scutalus Albers, 1850

  • Scutalus chiletensis Weyrauch, 1967[1]
  • Scutalus cretaceus (Pfeiffer, 1855)[4] - images
  • Scutalus mariopenai Breure & Mogollón Avilla, 2010[4]
  • Scutalus mutabilis (W.J. Broderip, 1832) (synonym: Bulinus mutabilis Broderip, 1832)
  • Scutalus ortizpuentei Weyrauch, 1967[4]
  • Scutalus phaeocheilus (Haas, 1955)[4]
  • Scutalus pluto (J.C.H. Crosse, 1869) (synonym: Bulimus pluto Crosse, 1869)
  • 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)
  • Scutalus revinctus (Hupé, 1857) (synonym: Bulimus revinctus Hupé, 1857)
  • Scutalus weddellii (Hupé, 1857) (synonym: Bulimus weddellii Hupé, 1857)

subgenus Vermiculatus Breure, 1978[5]

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  • Scutalus proteus (Broderip, 1832)[6]
  • Scutalus versicolor (Broderip, 1832)[7]
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References
  1. Breure A. S. H. & Romero P. (2012). "Support and surprises: molecular phylogeny of the land snail superfamily Orthalicoidea using a three-locus gene analysis with a divergence time analysis and ancestral area reconstruction (Gastropoda: Stylommatophora)". Archiv für Molluskenkunde: International Journal of Malacology 141(1): 1-20. doi:10.1127/arch.moll/1869-0963/141/001-020.
  2. Albers J. C. (1850). Die Heliceen nach natürlicher Verwandtschaft systematisch geordnet von Joh. Christ. Albers: 1-262. Berlin. page 160.
  3. Breure A. S. H. (1979). "Systematics, phylogeny and zoogeography of Bulimulinae (Mollusca)". Zoologische Verhandelingen Leiden 168: 1-215, figs 1-182, pls. 1-3, tables 1-5. PDF.
  4. Breure A. S. H. & Mogollón Avila V. (2010). "Well-known and little-known: miscellaneous notes on Peruvian Orthalicidae (Gastropoda, Stylommatophora)". Zoologische Mededelingen 84. HTM.
  5. Breure A. S. H. (1978). "Notes on and descriptions of Bulimulidae (Mollusca, Gastropoda)". Zoologische Verhandelingen Leiden 164: 1-255. page 166.
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