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{{Short description|Genus of gastropods}}
{{Automatic taxobox
|image = Scutalus mariopenai 5.png
|image_caption = A live individual of ''[[Scutalus mariopenai]]''
|taxon = Scutalus
|authority = [[Johann Christian Albers|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 snail]]s, a [[terrestrial animal|terrestrial]] [[pulmonate]] [[gastropod]] [[mollusk]]s 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 (culture)|Moche]] pot, 200 AD. [[Larco Museum|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]
* ''[[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==
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== External links ==
* {{Commons category-inline|Scutalus}}
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