Thaumastus Albers 1860
Creators: name: Breure, Abraham S. H.
name: Borrero, Francisco J.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2008
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Mollusca
Gastropoda
Stylommatophora
Orthalicidae
Thaumastus

description: Genus Thaumastus Albers, 1860
Subgenus Thaumastus (Kara) Strebel, 1910
Type species: Bulimus thompsonii Pfeiffer, 1845. Distribution: Venezuela, Brazil, Bolivia, Peru, Ecuador.
18. Thaumastus (Kara) thompsonii (Pfeiffer, 1845)
Type locality: Quito. Lectotype BMNH 1975464. Junior synonyms of this species are Orphnus thompsoni nigricans Cousin, 1887 (type locality: Cuenca), Orphnus thompsoni olivacea Cousin, 1887 (type locality: Cuenca) and Orphnus thompsoni zebra Cousin, 1887 (type locality: near Azogues).
Distribution: Azuay, Cuenca (ANSP 168228; CMC C11040; EPN; FMNH 78736); Cañar, near Azogues; Pichincha, Nanegal (ZMB). “ Ecuador ” (CMC C11000, C11041, C11126; RMNH; ZMA; ZMH 7528). “Quito” (BMNH 1975465/2 paralectotypes; FMNH 103304).
19. Thaumastus (Kara) thompsonoides Oberwimmer, 1931 Type locality: Ecuador, Loja. Holotype SMF 5144.
Distribution: Loja,? [no specific locality known].
Subgenus Thaumastus (Scholvienia) Strebel, 1910
Type species: Bulimus bitaeniatus Nyst, 1845. Distribution: Peru, Ecuador.
20. Thaumastus (Scholvienia) jaspideus (Morelet, 1863) **
Type locality: Peru, Huancavelica.
Distribution: Tungurahua, Baños (FLMNH 109807).
Remarks: This is the first record—if correctly identified—from outside the known distribution in Peru.
Subgenus Thaumastus (Thaumastiella) Weyrauch, 1956
Type species: Bulimulus sarcochrous Pilsbry, 1897. Distribution: Peru, Ecuador.
21. Thaumastus (Thaumastiella) sarcochrous (Pilsbry, 1897) **
Type locality: Peru. Holotype ANSP 4705.
Distribution: Pichincha, 24 km N Quito (FMNH 106151, 106152).
Remarks: This subgenus is known from northern Peru (Depts. La Libertad, Cajamarca) and if the specimens have been correctly identified, this is an extension of the known range into Ecuador.
Subgenus Thaumastus (Thaumastus) Albers, 1860
Type species: Bulimus hartwegi Pfeiffer, 1846. Distribution: Brazil, Bolivia, Peru, Ecuador.
22. Thaumastus (Thaumastus) brunneus Strebel, 1910 Type locality: Ecuador.
Distribution:? [no specific locality known].
23. Thaumastus (Thaumastus) buckleyi (Higgins, 1872)
Type locality: San Lucas. Syntypes BMNH 1872.5.22.6.
Distribution: Loja, San Lucas (BMNH). “ Ecuador ” (ANSP 81285).
24. Thaumastus (Thaumastus) flori (Jousseaume, 1897) Type locality: Machala.
Distribution: El Oro, Machala; Pichincha, Nanegal (see Weyrauch 1967: 472).
25. Thaumastus (Thaumastus) hartwegi (Pfeiffer, 1846)
Type locality: “El Catamaija” near Loja. Syntype BMNH 1975126. Distribution: Loja, Catamayo (BMNH); Pichincha, probably vicinity of Nanegal (ANSP 195217). “ Ecuador ” (CMC C11020; RMNH).
26. Thaumastus (Thaumastus) indentatus (Da Costa, 1901)
Type locality: Ecuador. Holotype BMNH 1907.11.21.115.
Distribution:? [no specific locality known]. “ Ecuador ” (BMNH 1907.11.21.116/1 paralectotype).
27. Thaumastus (Thaumastus) integer (Pfeiffer, 1855)
Type locality: Quito. Lectotype BMNH 1975244 (Breure 1979).
Distribution:? [no specific locality known]. “Quito” (BMNH 1975245/1 paralectotype).
28. Thaumastus (Thaumastus) loxostomus (Pfeiffer, 1853) Type locality: Andes of New Granada [Judging by the name this taxon may originate from the province of Loja].
Distribution:? Loja [no specific locality known].
29. Thaumastus (Thaumastus) orcesi Weyrauch, 1967 Type locality: Ecuador, basin of río Esmeraldas, 35 km NW Quito, region of Nanegal, 1500 m. Holotype IML 3165.
Distribution: Pichincha, Nanegal (IML).
30. Bostryx bilineatus (Sowerby, 1833)
Type locality: Santa Elena and in western Colombia [Although there are more places with this name, we suppose that here is meant Santa Elena in Prov. Guayas]. Syntypes ZMB 10261 (Köhler 2007: 131, Fig. 21).
Distribution: Guayas, 17 km WNW Progreso [= Gómes Rendón] (FLMNH 139140)*; 11 km W Progreso (FLMNH 139079)*; 1 km ENE Progreso (FLMNH 139047)*; 5 km NNE Progreso (FLMNH 139049)*; 4 km N Palmar (FLMNH 139078)*; 5 km N Palmar (FLMNH 139056)*; 4 km N Monteverde (FLMNH 139077)*; 3 km E Zapotal (FLMNH 139106)*; 9 km S Manglaralto (FLMNH 139114)*; Santa Elena (RMNH); 11.2 km NE Santa Elena (FMNH 106230)*; 32 km NE Santa Elena (FMNH 106153)*;. Manabí, Manta (FMNH 125507, 125216); 11 km WNW Jipijapa (FLMNH 139038)*; 1 km S Ayampe (FLMNH 139048)*.
Remarks: There are according to the GNS two places named Progreso in Guayas province [01° 46' 00" S 079° 45' 00" W and 01° 53' 00" S 079° 52' 00" W respectively]. Given the record for Zapotal, it is most probably that a place named Gómes Rendón was meant [02° 24' 00" S 080° 22' 00" W] for which the GNS lists as a variant name Progreso.
31.? Bostryx ceroplastus (Pilsbry, 1896)
Type locality: Peru, Río Marañon, Balsas. Lectotype ANSP 25468 (Breure 1979).
Distribution: Tungurahua, 32 km SE Ambato (FMNH 106156).
Remarks: This is a species from the eastern slopes of the Andes in northern Peru and its disjunct distribu-tion—both geographically and in altitude—makes a confirmation of this record necessary.
description: Published as part of Breure, Abraham S. H. & Borrero, Francisco 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, pp. 1-40 in Zootaxa 1768 on pages 7-9, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.274265