Thaumastus (Thaumastus) magnificus (Grateloup, 1839)

Breure, Abraham S. H. & Avila, Valentin Mogollon, 2016, Synopsis of Central Andean Orthalicoid land snails (Gastropoda, Stylommatophora), excluding Bulimulidae, ZooKeys 588, pp. 1-199 : 31

Taxon classification Animalia Stylommatophora Megaspiridae

Thaumastus (Thaumastus) magnificus (Grateloup, 1839) Figs 27 C–E

Bulimus magnificus Grateloup 1839a: 165; Grateloup 1839b: 419, pl. 4 fig. 1; Breure and Ablett 2015: 39, 6 i–iii, L12i.

Thaumastus magnificus ; Richardson 1995: 379 (references); Simone 2006: 153, fig. 521.

Thaumastus (Thaumastus) magnificus ; Ramírez et al. 2003: 282.

Type locality.

“Pérou”.

Type material.

NHMUK 1907.11.22.24, lectotype ( Breure 1978: 31).

Diagnosis.

Shell relatively large, brownish with a small, somewhat lighter girdle at the periphery, sculptured with incrassate growth striae and spiral striation, most noteable on the upper whorls, suture slightly ascending in front, peristome thin, sinuous, simple.

Dimensions.

Shell height 78.0, diameter 36.0 mm.

Distribution.

?Peru (see remarks). Brazil ( Simone 2006).

Remarks.

This species has been recorded from eastern Brazil by Simone (2006), and its presence in Peru, for which we have not seen any verified material or record, remains doubtful at best.