Bulimulidae [SEP] parent taxon
Bulimulidae
Bulimulidae is a taxonomic family of medium-sized to large, air-breathing, tropical and sub-tropical land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod molluscs in the superfamily Orthalicoidea.
Distribution.
Distribution of species in the family Bulimulidae includes Ecuador (9 genera) and other South American countries.
Fossil record.
The family's oldest fossil record dates from the Middle Paleocene of Brazil (Itaboraí Basin).
Anatomy.
Members of this family have a haploid chromosome number between 26 and 30 (according
Scutalus phaeocheilus
Scutalus phaeocheilus is a species of tropical air-breathing land snail, a pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Bulimulidae.
Subspecies.
- "Scutalus phaeocheilus altoensis" Breure & Mogollón Avila, 2010
Distribution.
- Peru
"Scutalus phaeocheilus phaeocheilus" occurs in south of the Lambayeque Region.
Description.
When describing the nominate taxon, Haas already noted the relationship with "Scutalus proteiformis". He stated that this species ‘seems to lack the granules entirely’. According to Pilsbry (