Scutalus Explained

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

Previously this genus was placed within the subfamily Bulimulinae.^[2]

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^[1]
• Scutalus coraeformis (Pilsbry, 1897)
• Scutalus cousini (Jousseaume, 1887)
• Scutalus cretaceus (Pfeiffer, 1855) - images
• Scutalus grandiventris Weyrauch, 1960
• Scutalus latecolumellaris (Preston, 1909)
• Scutalus macedoi Weyrauch, 1967
• Scutalus mariopenai Breure & Mogollón Avilla, 2010^[3]
• Scutalus mutabilis (W.J. Broderip, 1832) (synonym: Bulinus mutabilis Broderip, 1832)
• Scutalus nivalis (d'Orbigny, 1835)
• Scutalus omissus Weyrauch, 1967
• Scutalus ortizpuentei Weyrauch, 1967^[3]
• Scutalus phaeocheilus (Haas, 1955)^[3]
• Scutalus pilosus Weyrauch, 1967
• Scutalus prometheus (J.C.H. Crosse, 1869) (synonym: Bulimus prometheus J.C.H. Crosse, 1869)
• Scutalus proteiformis (Dohrn, 1863)^[3]
• Scutalus proteus (W.J. Broderip, 1832) (synonym: Bulinus proteus Broderip, 1832) ^[4]
• Scutalus quechuarum (Crawford, 1939)
• Scutalus sanborni (Haas, 1947)
• Scutalus sordidus (Deshayes, 1838)
• Scutalus steerei (Pilsbry, 1900)
• Scutalus versicolor (Broderip, 1832)^[5]

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)

Notes and 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)". 141(1): 1-20. .
2. 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.
3. Breure A. S. H. & Mogollón Avila V. (2010). "Well-known and little-known: miscellaneous notes on Peruvian Orthalicidae (Gastropoda, Stylommatophora)". Zoologische Mededelingen 84. HTM.
4. Web site: Taxonomy browser (Scutalus proteus) .
5. Web site: Taxonomy browser (Scutalus versicolor) .