{{Short description|Genus of gastropods}} {{Automatic taxobox |image = Scutalus mariopenai 5.png |image_caption = A live individual of ''Scutalus mariopenai'' |taxon = Scutalus |authority = Albers, 1850<ref>Albers J. C. (1850). ''Die Heliceen nach natürlicher Verwandtschaft systematisch geordnet von Joh. Christ. Albers'': 1-262. Berlin. page 160.</ref> |synonyms_ref = |synonyms = * ''Buliminus (Scutalus)'' <small>Albers, 1850</small>· accepted, alternate representation * ''Bulimulus (Scutalus)'' <small>Albers, 1850</small> * ''Bulimus (Scutalus)'' <small>Albers, 1850</small> (original rank) * ''Scutalus (Scutalus)'' <small>Albers, 1850</small>· accepted, alternate representation * ''Spiroscutalus'' <small>Pilsbry, 1932</small> * ''Xenothauma'' <small>Fulton, 1896</small> |type_species= ''Bulinus proteus'' <small>Broderip, 1832</small> |display_parents= 3 }}
'''''Scutalus''''' is a genus of air-breathing land snails, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Bulimulidae.<ref name="Breure 2012">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}}.</ref>
Previously this genus was placed within the subfamily Bulimulinae.<ref name="Breure 1979">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].</ref>
[[File:Mochesnail.jpg|left|thumb|Shells of ''Scutalus'' sp. on a Moche pot, 200 AD. Larco Museum Collection, Lima, Peru.]]
== Species == Species in the genus ''Scutalus'' include: * ''Scutalus baroni'' <small>(Fulton, 1896)</small> * ''Scutalus broggii'' <small>(Pilsbry & Olsson, 1949)</small> * ''Scutalus chango'' <small>Araya & Breure, 2017</small> * ''Scutalus chiletensis'' <small>Weyrauch, 1967</small><ref name="Breure 2012"/> * ''Scutalus coraeformis'' <small>(Pilsbry, 1897)</small> * ''Scutalus cousini'' <small>(Jousseaume, 1887)</small> * ''Scutalus cretaceus'' <small>(Pfeiffer, 1855)</small><ref name="Breure 2010"/> - [http://ashbreure.posterous.com/fieldwork-in-peru-7 images] {{Webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20130131134915/http://ashbreure.posterous.com/fieldwork-in-peru-7 |date=2013-01-31 }} * ''Scutalus grandiventris'' <small>Weyrauch, 1960</small> * ''Scutalus latecolumellaris'' <small>(Preston, 1909)</small> * ''Scutalus macedoi'' <small>Weyrauch, 1967</small><ref name="Breure 2010"/> * ''Scutalus mariopenai'' <small>Breure & Mogollón Avilla, 2010</small><ref name="Breure 2010">Breure 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].</ref> * ''Scutalus mutabilis'' <small>(W.J. Broderip, 1832)</small> (synonym: ''Bulinus mutabilis'' Broderip, 1832) * ''Scutalus nivalis'' <small>(d'Orbigny, 1835)</small> * ''Scutalus omissus'' <small>Weyrauch, 1967</small> * ''Scutalus ortizpuentei'' <small>Weyrauch, 1967</small><ref name="Breure 2010"/> * ''Scutalus phaeocheilus'' <small>(Haas, 1955)</small><ref name="Breure 2010"/> * ''Scutalus pilosus'' <small>Weyrauch, 1967</small> * ''Scutalus prometheus'' <small>(J.C.H. Crosse, 1869)</small> (synonym: ''Bulimus prometheus'' J.C.H. Crosse, 1869) * ''Scutalus proteiformis'' <small>(Dohrn, 1863)</small><ref name="Breure 2010"/> * ''Scutalus proteus'' (W.J. Broderip, 1832) (synonym: ''Bulinus proteus'' Broderip, 1832) <ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/Taxonomy/Browser/wwwtax.cgi?id=907447 | title=Taxonomy browser (Scutalus proteus) }}</ref> * ''Scutalus quechuarum'' <small>(Crawford, 1939)</small> * ''Scutalus sanborni'' <small>(Haas, 1947)</small> * ''Scutalus sordidus'' <small>(Deshayes, 1838)</small> * ''Scutalus steerei'' <small>(Pilsbry, 1900)</small> * ''Scutalus versicolor'' <small>(Broderip, 1832)</small><ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/Taxonomy/Browser/wwwtax.cgi?id=649014 | title=Taxonomy browser (Scutalus versicolor) }}</ref> ;Species brought into synonymy: * ''Scutalus pluto'' <small>(J.C.H. Crosse, 1869)</small> (synonym: ''Bulimus pluto'' <small>Crosse, 1869</small>): synonym of ''Bocourtia pluto'' <small>(Crosse, 1869)</small> * ''Scutalus revinctus'' <small>(Hupé, 1857)</small>: synonym of ''Bulimus revinctus'' <small>Hupé, 1857</small> * ''Scutalus tupacii'' <small>(d'Orbigny, 1835)</small>: synonym of ''Bocourtia tupacii'' <small>(d'Orbigny, 1835)</small> * ''Scutalus weddellii'' <small>(Hupé, 1857)</small> (synonym: ''Bulimus weddellii'' Hupé, 1857): synonym of ''Bocourtia weddellii'' <small>(Hupé, 1857)</small>
==References== {{Reflist}}
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