Proscutum
Genus of gastropods
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Proscutum is a genus of sea snails, the true limpets, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Patellidae.[1]
| Proscutum | |
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| Shell of Proscutum deretrarum (holotype at MNHN, Paris) | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Patellogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Patelloidea |
| Family: | Patellidae |
| Genus: | †Proscutum P. Fischer, 1885 |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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† Scutum (Proscutum) P. Fischer, 1885 (original rank) | |
Species
- † Proscutum compressum (Deshayes, 1861)
- † Proscutum deretranum Lozouet, 1999