Scutus Monfort 1810 (snail)
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Gastropoda - Lepetellida - Fissurellidae
Parent taxon: Scutini according to P. Bouchet et al. 2005
See also Knight et al. 1960, Ladd 1966, Sepkoski 2002, Short and Potter 1987 and Wilson 1993
Sister taxa: none
Subtaxa: Scutus (Nannoscutum) Scutus (Scutus) Scutus antipodes Scutus unguis
Type: Scutus antipodes
Ecology: facultatively mobile epifaunal grazer
Distribution:
• Quaternary of the Seychelles (1 collection)
• Pliocene of Indonesia (2)
• Miocene of Austria (1), the Marshall Islands (2), Poland (1)
Total: 7 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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