Thaumastus (gastropod)

Thaumastus
Apertural and abapertural views of a shell of Thaumastus flori
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Order:	Stylommatophora
Suborder:	Helicina
Superfamily:	Orthalicoidea
Family:	Megaspiridae
Genus:	Thaumastus Albers, 1860 [1]
Type species
Bulimus hartwegi L. Pfeiffer, 1846
Synonyms [2]
Atahualpa Strebel, 1910 Bulimulus (Thaumastus) E. von Martens, 1860 (original rank) Bulimus (Orphnus) Albers, 1850 (invalid: junior homonym of Orphnus McLeay, 1819; Orphaicus is a replacement name) Bulimus (Orphus) (misspelling) Bulimus (Thaumastus) E. von Martens, 1860 (now: synonym of full genus) Orphnus Albers, 1850 Orphaicus Schaufuss, 1869 Pachytholus Strebel, 1909 Strophocheilus (Thaumastus) E. von Martens, 1860 (now: synonym of full genus) Tatutor Jousseaume, 1887 Thaumastus (Atahualpa) (junior synonymy) Thaumastus (Thaumastiella) Weyrauch, 1956· accepted, alternate representation Thaumastus (Thaumastus) E. von Martens, 1860· accepted, alternate representation Tholus Strebel, 1909

Thaumastus is a genus of tropical air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod molluscs in the family Megaspiridae. ^{[3] [4]}

Distribution

The distribution of the genus Thaumastus includes Colombia, ^[2] Peru, ^[5] Ecuador, ^[6] ...

Species

Species within the genus Thaumastus include:

• Thaumastus ascendens (L. Pfeiffer, 1853)
• Thaumastus blanfordianus (Ancey, 1903)
• Thaumastus buckleyi (Higgins, 1872) ^[6]
• Thaumastus contortuplicatus (Reeve, 1850)
• Thaumastus crenellus (Philippi, 1867) ^[5]
• Thaumastus dukinfieldi (Melvill, 1900)
• Thaumastus flori (Jousseaume, 1897) ^{[5] [6]}
• Thaumastus foveolatus (Reeve, 1849)
• Thaumastus glyptocephalus (Pilsbry, 1897)
• Thaumastus granocinctus (Pilsbry, 1901)
• Thaumastus hartwegi (Pfeiffer, 1846) – type species of the genus Thaumastus ^[6]
• Thaumastus hebes Strebel, 1910
• Thaumastus hyalinus (J. A. Wagner, 1827)
• Thaumastus inca (d'Orbigny, 1835)
• Thaumastus indentatus (Da Costa, 1901) ^[6]
• Thaumastus insolitus (Preston, 1909)
• Thaumastus integer (Pfeiffer, 1855) ^[6]
• Thaumastus largillierti (Philippi, 1845)
• Thaumastus loxostomus (Pfeiffer, 1853) ^[6]
• Thaumastus magnificus (Grateloup, 1840)
• Thaumastus melanocheilus (Nyst, 1845)
• Thaumastus nehringi (E. von Martens, 1889)
• Thaumastus occidentalis Weyrauch, 1960
• Thaumastus orcesi Weyrauch, 1967 ^[6]
• Thaumastus orobaenus (d'Orbigny, 1835)
• † Thaumastus patagonicus Parodiz, 1946
• Thaumastus plumbeus (L. Pfeiffer, 1855)
• Thaumastus requieni (L. Pfeiffer, 1853)
• Thaumastus robertsi Pilsbry, 1932
• Thaumastus sangoae (Tschudi, 1852)
• Thaumastus sarcochrous (Pilsbry, 1897) – type species of the subgenus Thaumastiella ^[6]
• Thaumastus straubei Colley, 2012
• Thaumastus sumaqwayqu Breure & Mogollón, 2016
• Thaumastus tatutor (Jousseaume, 1887)
• Thaumastus taunaisii (Férussac, 1822)

Synonyms

• Thaumastus alausiensisCousin, 1887: synonym of Bostryx alausiensis (Cousin, 1887)
• Thaumastus brunneusStrebel, 1910: ^[6] synonym of Thaumastus inca (d'Orbigny, 1835) (junior synonymy)
• Thaumastus cadwaladeriPilsbry, 1930: synonym of Kara cadwaladeri (Pilsbry, 1930) (original combination)
• Thaumastus jelskii(Lubomirski, 1880): synonym of Scholvienia jelskii (Lubomirski, 1880)
• Thaumastus juanaCousin, 1887: synonym of Bostryx juana (Cousin, 1887) (original combination)
• † Thaumastus limnaeiformis(Meek & Hayden, 1857): synonym of † Lioplacodes limneaformis (Meek & Hayden, 1856) (incorrect subsequent spelling; new combination)
• Thaumastus nystianus(L. Pfeiffer, 1853): synonym of Drymaeus nystianus (L. Pfeiffer, 1853) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
• Thaumastus spixii(J. A. Wagner, 1827): synonym of Thaumastus hyalinus (J. A. Wagner, 1827) (combination based on a mix-up of original names )
• Thaumastus thompsonoidesOberwimmer, 1931: synonym of Kara thompsonii (L. Pfeiffer, 1845) (junior subjective synonym)
• Thaumastus weyrauchPilsbry, 1944: synonym of Scholvienia weyrauchi (Pilsbry, 1944) (incorrect original spelling)
• Subgenus Thaumastus (Atahualpa) : synonym of ThaumastusE. von Martens, 1860 (junior synonymy)
• Subgenus Thaumastus (Kara)Strebel, 1910: synonym of KaraStrebel, 1910
• Subgenus Thaumastus (Quechua)Strebel, 1910: synonym ofs QuechuaStrebel, 1910 (unaccepted rank)
• Subgenus Thaumastus (Scholvienia)Strebel, 1910: ^[7] elevated to rank of genus Scholvienia Strebel, 1910
• Thaumastus bitaeniatus (Nyst, 1845) – synonym: Bulimus bitaeniatus Nyst, 1845 – type species of the subgenus Scholvienia ^[6]
• Thaumastus jaspideus (Morelet, 1863) ^[6]
• Subgenus Thaumastus (Thaumastiella)Weyrauch, 1956: synonym of ThaumastusE. von Martens, 1860
• Subgenus Thaumastus (Thaumastus)E. von Martens, 1860: synonym of ThaumastusE. von Martens, 1860
• Subgenus Paeniscutalus Wurtz, 1947: ^[8] elevated to the rank of genus Paeniscutalus Wurtz, 1947

See also

• Kara was a subgenus of Thaumastus and Kara was elevated to its genus level in 2011. ^[9]

References

1. Albers J. C. (1860). Die Heliceen nach natürlicher Verwandtschaft systematisch geordnet von Joh. Christ. Albers. 2e Ausgabe: i–xviii, 1–359. Berlin. page 215.
2. Vera Ardila M. L. (2008). "Lista de los géneros de moluscos terrestres de Colombia (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Prosobranchia: Mesogastropoda y Pulmonata: Stylommatophora)". Biota Colombiana 9(1): 39–62. PDF.
3. Breure A. S. H. & Romero P. (2012). "Support and surprises: molecular phylogeny of the land snail superfamily Orthalicoidea using a three-locus gene analysis with a divergence time analysis and ancestral area reconstruction (Gastropoda: Stylommatophora)". Archiv für Molluskenkunde: International Journal of Malacology 141(1): 1–20. doi : 10.1127/arch.moll/1869-0963/141/001-020.
4. MolluscaBase (2018). Thaumastus E. von Martens, 1860. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=995872 on 14 November 2018
5. Breure A. S. H. & Mogollón Avila V. (2010). "Well-known and little-known: miscellaneous notes on Peruvian Orthalicidae (Gastropoda, Stylommatophora)". Zoologische Mededelingen 84. HTM.
6. Breure A. S. H. & Borrero F. J. (2008). "An annotated checklist of the land snail family Orthalicidae (Gastropoda: Pulmonata: Orthalicoidea) in Ecuador, with notes on the distribution of the mainland species. Zootaxa 1768: 1–40. abstract.
7. Strebel (1910). Abh. Naturw. Ver. Hamburg19(3): 16, 20.
8. Wurtz C. B. (1947). "A new subgenus, Paeniscutalus, and the anatomy of its type species". The Nautilus 61: 11–17. page 12.
9. Breure A. S. H. (2011) "Annotated type catalogue of the Orthalicoidea (Mollusca, Gastropoda) in the Royal Belgian Institute of Sciences, Brussels, with descriptions of two new species". ZooKeys 101: 1–50. doi : 10.3897/zookeys.101.1133 .

External links

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