Caseolus

Caseolus is a genus of land snails in the family Geomitridae.^[2][3]

Caseolus
Caseolus bowdichianus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Order:	Stylommatophora
Family:	Geomitridae
Subfamily:	Geomitrinae
Tribe:	Geomitrini
Genus:	Caseolus R. T. Lowe, 1852[1]
Synonyms
Caseolus (Caseolus) R. T. Lowe, 1852· accepted, alternate representation Caseolus (Helicomela) R. T. Lowe, 1855· accepted, alternate representation Caseolus (Leptostictea) Mandahl-Barth, 1950· accepted, alternate representation Helix (Caseolus) R. T. Lowe, 1852 Helix (Helicomela) R. T. Lowe, 1855 (basionym) Ochthephila (Caseolus) R. T. Lowe, 1852

The name Caseolus is masculine and means "little cheese",^[4] based on the shape of the shell of species in this genus.

Species

Species include:^[5]

• 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