Taxon classification Animalia Stylommatophora Megaspiridae

Genus Paeniscutalus Wurtz, 1947

Bulimulus (Paeniscutalus) Wurtz 1947: 12.

Type species.

Megalobulimus (Microborus) incarum Pilsbry, 1944, by monotypy.

Diagnosis.

Shell ovate, rimate, rather solid, suture crenulate, surface smooth with more or less incrassate growth striae, aperture (sub-)ovate, peristome slightly thickened and hardly expanded.

Distribution.

Peru.

Habitat.

Living under stones and buried in the ground at elevations of 1850-3300 m.

Anatomy.

Wurtz 1947: Paeniscutalus crenellus (Philippi, 1867) [g, m, p, r]; Breure 1978: Paeniscutalus crenellus [g, h, r].

Phylogenetic data.

Breure and Romero 2012: Paeniscutalus crenellus (Philippi, 1867).