Caseolus

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|taxon = Caseolus

|authority = R. T. Lowe, 1852Lowe R. T. (1852). Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (2)9: 115.

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Caseolus (Caseolus) R. T. Lowe, 1852· accepted, alternate representation
Caseolus (Helicomela) R. T. Lowe, 1855· accepted, alternate representation
Caseolus (Leptostictea) Mandahl-Barth, 1950· accepted, alternate representation
Helix (Caseolus) R. T. Lowe, 1852
Helix (Helicomela) R. T. Lowe, 1855 (basionym)
Ochthephila (Caseolus) R. T. Lowe, 1852

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Caseolus is a genus of land snails in the family Geomitridae.{{Cite journal|last=Razkin|first=Oihana|last2=Gómez-Moliner|first2=Benjamín Juán|last3=Prieto|first3=Carlos Enrique|last4=Martínez-Ortí|first4=Alberto|last5=Arrébola|first5=José Ramón|last6=Muñoz|first6=Benito|last7=Chueca|first7=Luis Javier|last8=Madeira|first8=María José|date=February 2015|title=Molecular phylogeny of the western Palaearctic Helicoidea (Gastropoda, Stylommatophora)|journal=Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution|volume=83|pages=99–117|doi=10.1016/j.ympev.2014.11.014|pmid=25485783|issn=1055-7903}}MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Caseolus R. T. Lowe, 1852. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=996327 on 2021-02-19

The name Caseolus is masculine and means "little cheese",[http://www.archives.nd.edu/cgi-bin/lookup.pl?stem=Caseol&ending=us "Caseol us"]. Latin Dictionary and Grammar Aid, University of Notre Dame, accessed 15 June 2010. based on the shape of the shell of species in this genus.

Species

Species include:[https://web.archive.org/web/20121022172203/http://www.faunaeur.org/full_results.php?id=428923 Caseolus.] Fauna Europaea.

Caseolus abjectus R. T. Lowe, 1831
Caseolus baixoensis Walden, 1983
Caseolus bowdichianus (Férrusac, 1832)
Caseolus calculus R. T. Lowe, 1855
Caseolus calvus R. T. Lowe, 1831
Caseolus commixtus R. T. Lowe, 1855
Caseolus consors R. T. Lowe, 1831
Caseolus galeatus (R. T. Lowe, 1862)
Caseolus hartungi Albers, 1852
† Caseolus heberti (Deshayes, 1863)
Caseolus innominatus J. E. Gray, 1825
Caseolus leptostictus R. T. Lowe, 1831
Caseolus pittae (Paiva, 1866)
Caseolus punctulatus G. B. Sowerby I, 1824
Caseolus setulosus (R. T. Lowe, 1831)
† Caseolus sphaerulus R. T. Lowe, 1852
Caseolus subcalliferus Reeve, 1854

References

Bank, R. A. (2017). Classification of the Recent terrestrial Gastropoda of the World. Last update: July 16, 2017

External links

[https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30747564 Lowe, R. T. (1855 ["1854"]). Catalogus molluscorum pneumonatorum insularum Maderensium: or a list of all the land and freshwater shells, recent and fossil, of the Madeiran islands: arranged in groups according to their natural affinities; with diagnoses of the groups, and of the new or hitherto imperfectly defined species. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 22: 161-208 [16 March 1855]; 209-218]
[https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2362893 Lowe, R. T. (1852). Brief diagnostic notices of new Maderan land shells. The Annals and Magazine of Natural History. (2) 9 (50): 112-120; (2) 9 (52): 275-279. London ]

Category:Gastropod genera