Scutus
Genus of gastropods
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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]
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| a live Scutus sinensis | |
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| Dorsal view of a shell of Scutus breviculus | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Vetigastropoda |
| Order: | Lepetellida |
| Family: | Fissurellidae |
| Subfamily: | Emarginulinae |
| Genus: | Scutus Blainville, 1817 |
| Type species | |
| Scutus antipodes Montfort, 1810 | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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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 -
- † Scutus bellardii Michelotti, 1847
- Scutus breviculus Blainville, 1817
- Scutus emarginatus (Philippi, 1851)
- Scutus forsythi (Iredale, 1937)
- Scutus howensis Iredale, 1940
- † Scutus mirus Gard, 2020
- Scutus olunguis Iredale, 1940
- † Scutus petrafixus Finlay, 1930
- † Scutus pliopunctatus Lozano-Francisco & Vera-Peláez, 2002
- Scutus rueppelli (Philippi, 1851)
- Scutus scapha (J.F. Gmelin, 1791) [3]
- 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 angustatus A. Adams, 1851: synonym of Scutus unguis (Linnaeus, 1758)
- 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 granulatus (Blainville, 1819): synonym of Scutus unguis (Linnaeus, 1758)
- 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
