Thaumastus is a genus of tropical air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod molluscs in the family Megaspiridae.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 14 November 2018
Distribution The distribution of the genus Thaumastus includes Colombia,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. Peru,Breure A. S. H. & Mogollón Avila V. (2010). "Well-known and little-known: miscellaneous notes on Peruvian Orthalicidae (Gastropoda, Stylommatophora)". Zoologische Mededelingen 84. HTM. 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. ...
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 (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 (Cousin, 1887) Thaumastus brunneus Strebel, 1910: 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: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. .
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