Thaumastus (Thaumastus) tatutor (Jousseaume, 1887)
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Thaumastus (Thaumastus) tatutor (Jousseaume, 1887) |
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Taxon classification Animalia Stylommatophora Megaspiridae
Thaumastus (Thaumastus) tatutor (Jousseaume, 1887) View in CoL Figs 29 D–E
Tatutor tatutor Jousseaume 1887: 6, fig. 1.
Thaumastus tatutor ; Richardson 1995: 383 (references).
Type locality.
"Nouvelle Grenada".
Type material.
MNHN 28122, holotype.
Diagnosis.
Shell relatively large, brownish, the upper whorls paler, sculptured with incrassate growth striae, suture crenulate, hardly ascending in front, aperture elongate-subovate, with a brownish colour band behind the lip, peristome somewhat thickened, hardly expanded.
Dimensions.
Shell height 99.9, diameter 52.5 mm.
Distribution.
?Colombia.?Ecuador.?Venezuela.
Remarks.
This species has not been found since its description. Given the political boundaries of the former 'Nouvelle Grenada’, it may be expected in Colombia, Ecuador or Venezuela.
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