Thaumastus is a genus

Genus

In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...

 of tropical air-breathing land snail

Land snail

A land snail is any of the many species of snail that live on land, as opposed to those that live in salt water and fresh water. Land snails are terrestrial gastropod mollusks that have shells, It is not always an easy matter to say which species are terrestrial, because some are more or less...

s, pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Orthalicidae

Orthalicidae

Orthalicidae are a family of tropical air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks are classified in the informal group Sigmurethra of the clade Stylommatophora...

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Distribution

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

Species

Species within the genus Thaumastus include:

Subgenus Kara Strebel, 1910

• Thaumastus thompsonii (Pfeiffer, 1845) - type species of the subgenus Kara
• Thaumastus thompsonoides Oberwimmer, 1931

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
  Thaumastus flori
  Thaumastus flori is a species of tropical air-breathing land snail, a pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Orthalicidae.- Distribution :* southern Ecuador. The type locality is Machala.* Peru- Description :Variability of shells:...
  
  (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
  Thaumastus crenellus
  Thaumastus crenellus is a species of tropical air-breathing land snail, a pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Orthalicidae....
  
  (Philippi, 1867)