What is "scutella"

Scutella \Scu*tel"la\, n.; pl. Scutell[ae]. [NL., fem. dim. of L. scutum.] (Zo["o]l.) See Scutellum, n., 2.

Scutella \Scu*tel"la\, n. pl. See Scutellum.

Scutellum \Scu*tel"lum\, n.; pl. Scutella. [NL., neut. dim. of L. scutum a shield.]

1. (Bot.) A rounded apothecium having an elevated rim formed of the proper thallus, the fructification of certain lichens.

2. (Zo["o]l.)

   1. The third of the four pieces forming the upper part of a thoracic segment of an insect. It follows the scutum, and is followed by the small postscutellum; a scutella. See Thorax.

   2. One of the transverse scales on the tarsi and toes of birds; a scutella.

n. (plural of scutellum English)

See scutellum

Scutella is an extinct genus of sand dollars (flat sea urchins) in the family Scutellidae.

These slow-moving semi- infaunal detritivores lived from the Oligocene to the Quaternary epoch (48.6 to 0.012 Ma.).