''Caseolus'' is a
genus
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of
land snail
A land snail is any of the numerous species of snail that live on land, as opposed to the sea snails and freshwater snails. ''Land snail'' is the common name for terrestrial gastropod mollusks that have shells (those without shells are known as ...
s in the family
Geomitridae
Geomitridae is a Taxonomy (biology), taxonomic Family (biology), family of small to medium-sized air-breathing land snails, Terrestrial molluscs, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Helicoidea.MolluscaBase eds. (2021). M ...
.
[MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Caseolus R. T. Lowe, 1852. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=996327 on 2021-02-19]
The name ''Caseolus'' is masculine and means "little cheese", based on the shape of the
shell
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of this species.
Species
Species include:
''Caseolus''.
Fauna Europaea.
* '' Caseolus abjectus'' R. T. Lowe, 1831
* ''Caseolus baixoensis
''Caseolus'' is a genus of land snails in the family Geomitridae.MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Caseolus R. T. Lowe, 1852. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=996327 o ...
'' Walden, 1983
* ''Caseolus bowdichianus
''Caseolus'' is a genus of land snails in the family Geomitridae.MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Caseolus R. T. Lowe, 1852. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=996327 o ...
'' (Férrusac, 1832)
* ''Caseolus calculus
''Caseolus calculus'' (common name: Madeiran land snail) is a species of small air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod molluscs in the family Geomitridae, the hairy snails and their allies.
Distribution and conservation statu ...
'' R. T. Lowe, 1855
* '' Caseolus calvus'' R. T. Lowe, 1831
* ''Caseolus commixtus
''Caseolus commixtus'' is a species of small air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Geomitridae.
Although the Fauna Europaea spells this species name as shown here, with a -us ending, in many other sou ...
'' R. T. Lowe, 1855
* ''Caseolus consors
''Caseolus consors'' is a species of small air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Geomitridae. This species is endemic to Porto Santo Island, Portugal
Portugal, officially the Portuguese Republi ...
'' R. T. Lowe, 1831
* '' Caseolus galeatus'' (R. T. Lowe, 1862)
* '' Caseolus hartungi'' Albers, 1852
* † ''Caseolus heberti
''Caseolus'' is a genus of land snails in the family Geomitridae.MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Caseolus R. T. Lowe, 1852. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=996327 o ...
'' (Deshayes, 1863)
* ''Caseolus innominatus
''Caseolus'' is a genus of land snails in the family Geomitridae.MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Caseolus R. T. Lowe, 1852. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=996327 o ...
'' J. E. Gray, 1825
* ''Caseolus leptostictus
''Caseolus leptostictus'' is a species of small air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Geomitridae. This species is endemic to the Madeira island, Portugal
Portugal, officially the Portuguese Rep ...
'' R. T. Lowe, 1831
* ''Caseolus pittae
''Caseolus'' is a genus of land snails in the family Geomitridae.MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Caseolus R. T. Lowe, 1852. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=996327 o ...
'' (Paiva, 1866)
* ''Caseolus punctulatus
''Caseolus'' is a genus of land snails in the family Geomitridae.MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Caseolus R. T. Lowe, 1852. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=996327 o ...
'' G. B. Sowerby I, 1824
* ''Caseolus setulosus
''Caseolus'' is a genus of land snails in the family Geomitridae.MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Caseolus R. T. Lowe, 1852. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=996327 o ...
'' (R. T. Lowe, 1831)
* † ''Caseolus sphaerulus
''Caseolus sphaerula'' is a species of small land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk.
The specific epithet is spelled ''sphaerulus'' in both of the references here cited, however the species is also often referred to as ''C. sphaer ...
'' R. T. Lowe, 1852
* '' Caseolus subcalliferus'' Reeve, 1854
References
* Bank, R. A. (2017). Classification of the Recent terrestrial Gastropoda of the World. Last update: July 16, 2017
External links
Lowe, R. T. (1855 ["1854"]). Catalogus molluscorum pneumonatorum insularum Maderensium: or a list of all the land and freshwater shells, recent and fossil, of the Madeiran islands: arranged in groups according to their natural affinities; with diagnoses of the groups, and of the new or hitherto imperfectly defined species. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 22: 161-208 [16 March 1855]; 209-218
Lowe, R. T. (1852). Brief diagnostic notices of new Maderan land shells. The Annals and Magazine of Natural History. (2) 9 (50): 112-120; (2) 9 (52): 275-279. London
Gastropod genera
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