Caseolus
Genus of gastropods
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Caseolus is a genus of land snails in the family Geomitridae.[2][3]
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| Caseolus bowdichianus | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Order: | Stylommatophora |
| Family: | Geomitridae |
| Subfamily: | Geomitrinae |
| Tribe: | Geomitrini |
| Genus: | Caseolus R. T. Lowe, 1852[1] |
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The name Caseolus is masculine and means "little cheese",[4] based on the shape of the shell of species in this genus.
Species
Species include:[5]
- Caseolus abjectus R. T. Lowe, 1831
- Caseolus baixoensis Walden, 1983
- Caseolus bowdichianus (Férrusac, 1832)
- Caseolus calculus R. T. Lowe, 1855
- Caseolus calvus R. T. Lowe, 1831
- Caseolus commixtus R. T. Lowe, 1855
- Caseolus consors R. T. Lowe, 1831
- Caseolus galeatus (R. T. Lowe, 1862)
- Caseolus hartungi Albers, 1852
- † Caseolus heberti (Deshayes, 1863)
- Caseolus innominatus J. E. Gray, 1825
- Caseolus leptostictus R. T. Lowe, 1831
- Caseolus pittae (Paiva, 1866)
- Caseolus punctulatus G. B. Sowerby I, 1824
- Caseolus setulosus (R. T. Lowe, 1831)
- † Caseolus sphaerulus R. T. Lowe, 1852
- Caseolus subcalliferus Reeve, 1854