Caseolus

Caseolus is a genus of land snails in the family Geomitridae. The name Caseolus is masculine and means "little cheese", based on the shape of the shell of species in this genus.

Caseolus is a genus of land snails in the family Geomitridae. The name Caseolus is masculine and means "little cheese", based on the shape of the shell of species in this genus. ==Species== Species include: Caseolus abjectus R. T. Lowe, 1831 Caseolus baixoensis Walden, 1983 Caseolus bowdichianus (Férrusac, 1832) Caseolus calculus R. T. Lowe, 1855 Caseolus calvus R. T. Lowe, 1831 Caseolus commixtus R. T. Lowe, 1855 Caseolus consors R. T. Lowe, 1831 Caseolus galeatus (R. T. Lowe, 1862) Caseolus hartungi Albers, 1852 † Caseolus heberti (Deshayes, 1863) Caseolus innominatus J. E. Gray, 1825 Caseolus leptostictus R. T. Lowe, 1831 Caseolus pittae (Paiva, 1866) Caseolus punctulatus G. B. Sowerby I, 1824 Caseolus setulosus (R. T. Lowe, 1831) † Caseolus sphaerulus 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

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