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Species

Species in the genus ''Scutalus'' include: * '' Scutalus baroni'' (Fulton, 1896) * '' Scutalus broggii'' (Pilsbry & Olsson, 1949) * '' Scutalus chango'' Araya & Breure, 2017 * '' Scutalus chiletensis'' Weyrauch, 1967 * '' Scutalus coraeformis'' (Pilsbry, 1897) * '' Scutalus cousini'' (Jousseaume, 1887) * '' Scutalus cretaceus'' (Pfeiffer, 1855)
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* '' Scutalus grandiventris'' Weyrauch, 1960 * '' Scutalus latecolumellaris'' (Preston, 1909) * '' Scutalus macedoi'' Weyrauch, 1967 * '' Scutalus mariopenai'' Breure & Mogollón Avilla, 2010Breure A. S. H. & Mogollón Avila V. (2010). "Well-known and little-known: miscellaneous notes on Peruvian Orthalicidae (Gastropoda, Stylommatophora)". ''

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* '' Scutalus mutabilis'' (W.J. Broderip, 1832) (synonym: ''Bulinus mutabilis'' Broderip, 1832) * '' Scutalus nivalis'' (d'Orbigny, 1835) * '' Scutalus omissus'' Weyrauch, 1967 * '' Scutalus ortizpuentei'' Weyrauch, 1967 * '' Scutalus phaeocheilus'' (Haas, 1955) * '' Scutalus pilosus'' Weyrauch, 1967 * '' Scutalus prometheus'' (J.C.H. Crosse, 1869) (synonym: ''Bulimus prometheus'' J.C.H. Crosse, 1869) * '' Scutalus proteiformis'' (Dohrn, 1863) * '' Scutalus proteus'' (W.J. Broderip, 1832) (synonym: ''Bulinus proteus'' Broderip, 1832) * '' Scutalus quechuarum'' (Crawford, 1939) * '' Scutalus sanborni'' (Haas, 1947) * '' Scutalus sordidus'' (Deshayes, 1838) * '' Scutalus steerei'' (Pilsbry, 1900) * '' Scutalus versicolor'' (Broderip, 1832) ;Species brought into synonymy: * ''Scutalus pluto'' (J.C.H. Crosse, 1869) (synonym: ''Bulimus pluto'' Crosse, 1869): synonym of '' Bocourtia pluto'' (Crosse, 1869) * ''Scutalus revinctus'' (Hupé, 1857): synonym of '' Bulimus revinctus'' Hupé, 1857 * ''Scutalus tupacii'' (d'Orbigny, 1835): synonym of '' Bocourtia tupacii'' (d'Orbigny, 1835) * ''Scutalus weddellii'' (Hupé, 1857) (synonym: ''Bulimus weddellii'' Hupé, 1857): synonym of '' Bocourtia weddellii'' (Hupé, 1857)

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* Bulimulidae {{Bulimulidae-stub