Scutalus

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|image = Scutalus mariopenai 5.png

|image_caption = A live individual of Scutalus mariopenai

|taxon = Scutalus

|authority = Albers, 1850Albers J. C. (1850). Die Heliceen nach natürlicher Verwandtschaft systematisch geordnet von Joh. Christ. Albers: 1-262. Berlin. page 160.

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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

|type_species= Bulinus proteus Broderip, 1832

|display_parents= 3

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

Previously this genus was placed within the subfamily Bulimulinae.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. [http://www.repository.naturalis.nl/document/155330 PDF].

File:Mochesnail.jpg 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
Scutalus coraeformis (Pilsbry, 1897)
Scutalus cousini (Jousseaume, 1887)
Scutalus cretaceus (Pfeiffer, 1855) - [http://ashbreure.posterous.com/fieldwork-in-peru-7 images]
Scutalus grandiventris Weyrauch, 1960
Scutalus latecolumellaris (Preston, 1909)
Scutalus macedoi Weyrauch, 1967
Scutalus mariopenai Breure & Mogollón Avilla, 2010Breure A. S. H. & Mogollón Avila V. (2010). "Well-known and little-known: miscellaneous notes on Peruvian Orthalicidae (Gastropoda, Stylommatophora)". Zoologische Mededelingen 84. [http://www.zoologischemededelingen.nl/84/nr01/a03 HTM].
Scutalus mutabilis (W.J. Broderip, 1832) (synonym: Bulinus mutabilis Broderip, 1832)
Scutalus nivalis (d'Orbigny, 1835)
Scutalus omissus Weyrauch, 1967
Scutalus ortizpuentei Weyrauch, 1967
Scutalus phaeocheilus (Haas, 1955)
Scutalus pilosus Weyrauch, 1967
Scutalus prometheus (J.C.H. Crosse, 1869) (synonym: Bulimus prometheus J.C.H. Crosse, 1869)
Scutalus proteiformis (Dohrn, 1863)
Scutalus proteus (W.J. Broderip, 1832) (synonym: Bulinus proteus Broderip, 1832) {{cite web | url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/Taxonomy/Browser/wwwtax.cgi?id=907447 | title=Taxonomy browser (Scutalus proteus) }}
Scutalus quechuarum (Crawford, 1939)
Scutalus sanborni (Haas, 1947)
Scutalus sordidus (Deshayes, 1838)
Scutalus steerei (Pilsbry, 1900)
Scutalus versicolor (Broderip, 1832){{cite web | url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/Taxonomy/Browser/wwwtax.cgi?id=649014 | title=Taxonomy browser (Scutalus versicolor) }}

;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)

References

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