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. .
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. PDF.
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) - 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. 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) Scutalus quechuarum (Crawford, 1939) Scutalus sanborni (Haas, 1947) Scutalus sordidus (Deshayes, 1838) Scutalus steerei (Pilsbry, 1900) Scutalus versicolor (Broderip, 1832) 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)
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