Thaumastus (gastropod)

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Thaumastus
Thaumastus flori shell.png
Apertural and abapertural views of a shell of Thaumastus flori
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
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]

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Distribution

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

Species

Species within the genus Thaumastus include:

Synonyms

See also

Related Research Articles

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References

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  2. 1 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 2018-11-14
  5. 1 2 3 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. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 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.
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