Thaumastus (gastropod)

Thaumastus
Apertural and abapertural views of a shell of Thaumastus flori
Scientific classification Edit this 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:

Synonyms

  • Thaumastus alausiensis Cousin, 1887: synonym of Bostryx alausiensis (Cousin, 1887)
  • Thaumastus brunneus Strebel, 1910:[6] synonym of Thaumastus inca (d'Orbigny, 1835) (junior synonymy)
  • Thaumastus cadwaladeri Pilsbry, 1930: synonym of Kara cadwaladeri (Pilsbry, 1930) (original combination)
  • Thaumastus jelskii (Lubomirski, 1880): synonym of Scholvienia jelskii (Lubomirski, 1880)
  • Thaumastus juana Cousin, 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 superseded combination)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 thompsonoides Oberwimmer, 1931: synonym of Kara thompsonii (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:[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 Thaumastus E. von Martens, 1860
  • Subgenus Thaumastus (Thaumastus) E. von Martens, 1860: synonym of Thaumastus E. 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. ^ a b 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. ^ a b c 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. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l 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. Hamburg 19(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.