Proscutum
Shell of Proscutum deretrarum (holotype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Patellogastropoda
Superfamily:	Patelloidea
Family:	Patellidae
Genus:	†Proscutum P. Fischer, 1885
Synonyms[1]
† Scutum (Proscutum) P. Fischer, 1885 (original rank)

Proscutum is a genus of sea snails, the true limpets, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Patellidae.^[1]

• † Proscutum compressum (Deshayes, 1861)
• † Proscutum deretranum Lozouet, 1999

• Fischer, P. (1880-1887). Manuel de conchyliologie et de paléontologie conchyliologique, ou histoire naturelle des mollusques vivants et fossiles suivi d'un Appendice sur les Brachiopodes par D. P. Oehlert. Avec 23 planches contenant 600 figures dessinées par S. P. Woodward.. Paris: F. Savy. Published in 11 parts (fascicules), xxiv + 1369 pp., 23 pls
• MacClintock C. (1963). Reclassification of gastropod Proscutum Fischer based on muscle scars and shell structure. Journal of Paleontology. 37(1): 141-156.

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