''Thaumastus'' is a
genus of
tropical air-breathing
land snail
A land snail is any of the numerous species of snail that live on land, as opposed to the sea snails and freshwater snails. ''Land snail'' is the common name for terrestrial gastropod mollusks that have shells (those without shells are known as ...
s,
terrestrial pulmonate
Pulmonata or pulmonates, is an informal group (previously an order, and before that a subclass) of snails and slugs characterized by the ability to breathe air, by virtue of having a pallial lung instead of a gill, or gills. The group includ ...
gastropod
The gastropods (), commonly known as snails and slugs, belong to a large taxonomic class of invertebrates within the phylum Mollusca called Gastropoda ().
This class comprises snails and slugs from saltwater, from freshwater, and from land. T ...
mollusks in the family
Megaspiridae
Megaspiridae is a family of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Orthalicoidea (according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005).Breure A. S. H. & Romero P. (2012). "Supp ...
.
[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. .][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]
Distribution
The distribution of the genus ''Thaumastus'' includes
Colombia
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[Vera Ardila M. L. (2008). "Lista de los géneros de moluscos terrestres de Colombia (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Prosobranchia: Mesogastropoda y Pulmonata: Stylommatophora)". '']Biota Colombiana
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Peru,
[Breure A. S. H. & Mogollón Avila V. (2010). "Well-known and little-known: miscellaneous notes on Peruvian Orthalicidae (Gastropoda, Stylommatophora)". '']Zoologische Mededelingen
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Ecuador,
[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
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Species
Species within the genus ''Thaumastus'' include:
* ''
Thaumastus ascendens''
(L. Pfeiffer, 1853)
* ''
Thaumastus blanfordianus''
(Ancey, 1903)
* ''
Thaumastus buckleyi''
(Higgins, 1872)
* ''
Thaumastus contortuplicatus''
(Reeve, 1850)
* ''
Thaumastus crenellus''
(Philippi, 1867)
* ''
Thaumastus dukinfieldi''
(Melvill, 1900)
* ''
Thaumastus flori
''Thaumastus flori'' is a species of tropical air-breathing land snail, a pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Megaspiridae.
Distribution
* southern List of non-marine molluscs of Ecuador, Ecuador. The type locality is Machala.
* List o ...
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(Jousseaume, 1897)
* ''
Thaumastus foveolatus''
(Reeve, 1849)
* ''
Thaumastus glyptocephalus''
(Pilsbry, 1897)
* ''
Thaumastus granocinctus''
(Pilsbry, 1901)
* ''
Thaumastus hartwegi''
(Pfeiffer, 1846) - type species of the genus ''Thaumastus''
* ''
Thaumastus hebes''
Strebel, 1910
* ''
Thaumastus hyalinus''
(J. A. Wagner, 1827)
* ''
Thaumastus inca''
(d'Orbigny, 1835)
* ''
Thaumastus indentatus''
(Da Costa, 1901)
* ''
Thaumastus insolitus''
(Preston, 1909)
* ''
Thaumastus integer''
(Pfeiffer, 1855)
* ''
Thaumastus largillierti''
(Philippi, 1845)
* ''
Thaumastus loxostomus''
(Pfeiffer, 1853)
* ''
Thaumastus magnificus''
(Grateloup, 1840)
* ''
Thaumastus melanocheilus''
(Nyst, 1845)
* ''
Thaumastus nehringi''
(E. von Martens, 1889)
* ''
Thaumastus occidentalis''
Weyrauch, 1960
* ''
Thaumastus orcesi''
Weyrauch, 1967
* ''
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''
* ''
Thaumastus straubei''
Colley, 2012
* ''
Thaumastus sumaqwayqu''
Breure & Mogollón, 2016
* ''
Thaumastus tatutor''
(Jousseaume, 1887)
* ''
Thaumastus taunaisii''
(Férussac, 1822)
Synonyms
* ''Thaumastus alausiensis''
Cousin, 1887: synonym of ''
Bostryx alausiensis
''Bostryx'' is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Bulimulidae.Breure A. S. H. & Romero P. (2012). "Support and surprises: molecular phylogeny of the land snail superfamily Orthalicoidea u ...
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(Cousin, 1887)
* ''Thaumastus brunneus''
Strebel, 1910:
synonym of ''
Thaumastus inca''
(d'Orbigny, 1835) (junior synonymy)
* ''Thaumastus cadwaladeri''
Pilsbry, 1930: synonym of ''
Kara cadwaladeri
Kara or KARA may refer to:
Geography Localities
* Kara, Chad, a sub-prefecture
* Kára, Hungary, a village
* Kara, Uttar Pradesh, India, a township
* Kara, Iran, a village in Lorestan Province
* Kara, Republic of Dagestan, a rural locality in Da ...
''
(Pilsbry, 1930) (original combination)
* ''Thaumastus jelskii''
(Lubomirski, 1880): synonym of ''
Scholvienia jelskii''
(Lubomirski, 1880)
* ''Thaumastus juana''
Cousin, 1887: synonym of ''
Bostryx juana
''Bostryx'' is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Bulimulidae.Breure A. S. H. & Romero P. (2012). "Support and surprises: molecular phylogeny of the land snail superfamily Orthalicoidea u ...
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(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 thompsonoides''
Oberwimmer, 1931: synonym of ''
Kara thompsonii
Kara or KARA may refer to:
Geography Localities
* Kara, Chad, a sub-prefecture
* Kára, Hungary, a village
* Kara, Uttar Pradesh, India, a township
* Kara, Iran, a village in Lorestan Province
* Kara, Republic of Dagestan, a rural locality in Da ...
''
(L. Pfeiffer, 1845) (junior subjective synonym)
* ''Thaumastus weyrauch''
Pilsbry, 1944: synonym of ''
Scholvienia weyrauchi''
(Pilsbry, 1944) (incorrect original spelling)
* Subgenus ''Thaumastus (Atahualpa)'' : synonym of ''Thaumastus''
E. von Martens, 1860 (junior synonymy)
* Subgenus ''Thaumastus (Kara)''
Strebel, 1910: synonym of ''Kara''
Strebel, 1910
* Subgenus ''Thaumastus (Quechua)''
Strebel, 1910: synonym ofs ''Quechua''
Strebel, 1910 (unaccepted rank)
* Subgenus ''Thaumastus (Scholvienia)''
Strebel, 1910:
[Strebel (1910). ''Abh. Naturw. Ver. Hamburg'' 19(3): 16, 20.] elevated to rank of genus ''
Scholvienia''
Strebel, 1910
* ''
Thaumastus bitaeniatus'' (Nyst, 1845) - synonym: ''Bulimus bitaeniatus'' Nyst, 1845 - type species of the subgenus ''Scholvienia''
* ''
Thaumastus jaspideus'' (Morelet, 1863)
* Subgenus ''Thaumastus (Thaumastiella)''
Weyrauch, 1956: synonym of ''Thaumastus''
E. von Martens, 1860
* Subgenus ''Thaumastus (Thaumastus)''
E. von Martens, 1860: synonym of ''Thaumastus''
E. von Martens, 1860
* Subgenus ''Paeniscutalus'' Wurtz, 1947:
[Wurtz C. B. (1947). "A new subgenus, ''Paeniscutalus'', and the anatomy of its type species". '' The Nautilus'' 61: 11-17. page 12.] 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.
[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. .]
References
External links
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