Scutalus
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Scutalus is a genus
of air-breathing land snail
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pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Orthalicidae
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subgenus Scutalus Albers, 1850
subgenus Vermiculatus Breure, 1978
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Genus
In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...
of air-breathing land snail
Land snail
A land snail is any of the many species of snail that live on land, as opposed to those that live in salt water and fresh water. Land snails are terrestrial gastropod mollusks that have shells, It is not always an easy matter to say which species are terrestrial, because some are more or less...
s, a terrestrial
Terrestrial animal
Terrestrial animals are animals that live predominantly or entirely on land , as compared with aquatic animals, which live predominantly or entirely in the water , or amphibians, which rely on a combination of aquatic and terrestrial habitats...
pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Orthalicidae
Orthalicidae
Orthalicidae are a family of tropical air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks are classified in the informal group Sigmurethra of the clade Stylommatophora...
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Species
Species in the genus Scutalus include:subgenus Scutalus Albers, 1850
- Scutalus cretaceus (Pfeiffer, 1855) - images
- Scutalus ortizpuentei Weyrauch, 1967
- Scutalus phaeocheilusScutalus phaeocheilusScutalus phaeocheilus is a species of tropical air-breathing land snail, a pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Orthalicidae.- Subspecies :* Scutalus phaeocheilus altoensis Breure & Mogollón Avila, 2010- Distribution :* Peru...
(Haas, 1955) - Scutalus proteiformis (Dohrn, 1863)
- Scutalus mariopenaiScutalus mariopenaiScutalus mariopenai is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Orthalicidae.The specific name mariopenai honours Mario Peña González, a malacologist from Lima and tutor of the second author. The specific epithet is a noun in the genitive case.-...
Breure & Mogollón Avilla, 2010
subgenus Vermiculatus Breure, 1978
- Scutalus macedoiScutalus macedoiScutalus macedoi is a species of tropical air-breathing land snail, a pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Orthalicidae.- Distribution :* PeruThis species was described from Capillacocha, 11°10’09’S 076°02’25’W, 4150 m, Junín Region, Peru....
Weyrauch, 1967
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- Scutalus proteus (Broderip, 1832)
- Scutalus versicolor (Broderip, 1832)