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Caseolus
Genus of gastropods
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.
01Species
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
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