Thaumastus (gastropod)

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Kingdom Animalia Superfamily Orthalicoidea Phylum Mollusca		Class Gastropoda Family Megaspiridae Rank Genus

Similar Simpulopsis, Orthalicidae, Bulimulidae, Drymaeus, Scutalus

Thaumastus is a genus of tropical air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Megaspiridae.

Distribution

The distribution of the genus Thaumastus includes Colombia, Peru, Ecuador, ...

Species within the genus Thaumastus include:

Subgenus Scholvienia Strebel, 1910

Thaumastus bitaeniatus (Nyst, 1845) - synonym: Bulimus bitaeniatus Nyst, 1845 - type species of the subgenus Scholvienia

Thaumastus jaspideus (Morelet, 1863)

Subgenus Thaumastiella Weyrauch, 1956

Thaumastus sarcochrous (Pilsbry, 1897) - type species of the subgenus Thaumastiella

Subgenus Thaumastus Albers, 1860

Thaumastus brunneus Strebel, 1910

Thaumastus buckleyi (Higgins, 1872)

Thaumastus flori (Jousseaume, 1897)

Thaumastus hartwegi (Pfeiffer, 1846) - type species of the genus Thaumastus

Thaumastus indentatus (Da Costa, 1901)

Thaumastus integer (Pfeiffer, 1855)

Thaumastus loxostomus (Pfeiffer, 1853)

Thaumastus orcesi Weyrauch, 1967

Subgenus Paeniscutalus Wurtz, 1947

Thaumastus crenellus (Philippi, 1867)

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