Scutus
| Scutus | |
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| a live Scutus sinensis | |
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| Dorsal view of a shell of Scutus breviculus | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Vetigastropoda |
| Order: | Lepetellida |
| Family: | Fissurellidae |
| Subfamily: | Emarginulinae |
| Genus: | Scutus Blainville, 1817 |
| Type species | |
| Scutus antipodes Montfort, 1810
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| Synonyms[1] | |
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Scutus is a genus of large sea snails or limpets with the common name "shield shells". These are marine gastropod molluscs in the family Fissurellidae, the keyhole limpets and slit limpets.[1]
Both the common name and the scientific name reflect the fact that the shells of species in this genus resemble a Roman shield.
Description
The animal itself has a large black mantle which usually completely covers the shell, giving the animal a superficially slug-like appearance.
Species
Species within the genus Scutus include:[2]
- Scutus anatinus (Donovan, 1820)
- Scutus antipodes Montfort, 1810 - [1]
- Scutus breviculus Blainville, 1817
- Scutus emarginatus (Philippi, 1851)
- Scutus forsythi (Iredale, 1937)
- Scutus granulatus
- Scutus howensis Iredale, 1940
- Scutus olunguis Iredale, 1940
- Scutus rueppelli (Philippi, 1851)
- Scutus scapha
- Scutus sinensis (Blainville, 1825)
- Scutus unguis (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Scutus virgo Habe, 1951
- Species brought into synonymy
- Scutus ambiguus (Dillwyn, 1817): synonym of Scutus anatinus (Donovan, 1820)
- Scutus astrolabeus Hedley, 1917: synonym of Scutus anatinus (Donovan, 1820)
- Scutus australis (Lamarck, 1822): synonym of Scutus anatinus (Donovan, 1820)
- Scutus corrugatus (Reeve, 1842): synonym of Scutus unguis (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Scutus elongatus (Blainville, 1817): synonym of Scutus antipodes Montfort, 1810
- Scutus parunguis Iredale, 1940: synonym of Scutus unguis (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Scutus savignyi Pallary, 1926: synonym of Scutus rueppeli (Philippi, 1851)
- Scutus veitchi (Cotton, 1953): synonym of Scutus antipodes Montfort, 1810
References
Wikispecies has information related to Scutus.
- ^ a b Bouchet, P. (2012). Scutus Montfort, 1810. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=204176 on 2013-01-20
- ^ Powell A. W. B., New Zealand Mollusca William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1
- Christiaens J. (1986). The Recent and fossil shells of the genus Scutus Montfort, 1810. Gloria Maris, 25(1):1-28
- Higo, S., Callomon, P. & Goto, Y. (1999) Catalogue and Bibliography of the Marine Shell-Bearing Mollusca of Japan. Elle Scientific Publications, Yao, Japan, 749 pp.