MolluscaBase taxon details
Kara thompsonii (L. Pfeiffer, 1845)
1430651 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1430651)
accepted
Species
Bulimus thompsonii L. Pfeiffer, 1845 · unaccepted (original combination)
Orphnus thompsoni [sic] · unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling
Orphnus thompsoni var. lutea Cousin, 1887 · unaccepted (misspelling; variety)
Orphnus thompsoni var. nigricans Cousin, 1887 · unaccepted (misspelling; variety)
Orphnus thompsoni var. olivacea Cousin, 1887 · unaccepted (misspelling; variety)
Orphnus thompsoni var. zebra Cousin, 1887 · unaccepted (misspelling; variety)
Orphnus thompsonii (L. Pfeiffer, 1845) · unaccepted > superseded combination
Orphnus thompsonii var. lutea Cousin, 1887 · unaccepted (variety)
Orphnus thompsonii var. nigricans Cousin, 1887 · unaccepted (variety)
Orphnus thompsonii var. olivacea Cousin, 1887 · unaccepted (variety)
Orphnus thompsonii var. zebra Cousin, 1887 · unaccepted (variety)
Thaumastus (Kara) thompsonii (L. Pfeiffer, 1845) · unaccepted > superseded combination
Thaumastus thompsonoides Oberwimmer, 1931 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
(of Bulimus thompsonii L. Pfeiffer, 1845) Pfeiffer, L. (1845). Descriptions of twenty-two new species of <i>Helix</i>, from the collections of Miss Saul, Walton Esq., and H. Cuming, Esq. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 13 (148/149): 71–75. London [31 October]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12862567
page(s): 74 [details]
page(s): 74 [details]
Note Ecuador, Quito
Type locality Ecuador, Quito [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Kara thompsonii (L. Pfeiffer, 1845). Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1430651 on 2025-07-10
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original description
(of Bulimus thompsonii L. Pfeiffer, 1845) Pfeiffer, L. (1845). Descriptions of twenty-two new species of <i>Helix</i>, from the collections of Miss Saul, Walton Esq., and H. Cuming, Esq. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 13 (148/149): 71–75. London [31 October]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12862567
page(s): 74 [details]
original description (of Thaumastus thompsonoides Oberwimmer, 1931) Oberwimmer, H. (1931). Beschreibung dreier neuer Bulimuliden aus dem Senckenberg-Museum. Senckenbergiana, 13: 190-194. Frankfurt am Main.
page(s): 194, figs. 3, 6 [details]
original description (of Orphnus thompsoni var. lutea Cousin, 1887) Cousin, A. (1887). Faune malacologique de la Republique de l'Équateur. <em>Bulletin de la Société zoologique de France.</em> 12: 187-287., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36024096
page(s): 212 [details]
original description (of Orphnus thompsoni var. nigricans Cousin, 1887) Cousin, A. (1887). Faune malacologique de la Republique de l'Équateur. <em>Bulletin de la Société zoologique de France.</em> 12: 187-287., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36024096
page(s): 212 [details]
original description (of Orphnus thompsoni var. olivacea Cousin, 1887) Cousin, A. (1887). Faune malacologique de la Republique de l'Équateur. <em>Bulletin de la Société zoologique de France.</em> 12: 187-287., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36024096
page(s): 212 [details]
original description (of Orphnus thompsoni var. zebra Cousin, 1887) Cousin, A. (1887). Faune malacologique de la Republique de l'Équateur. <em>Bulletin de la Société zoologique de France.</em> 12: 187-287., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36024096
page(s): 212 [details]
basis of record Breure, A. S. H. & Ablett, J. D. (2015). Annotated type catalogue of the Megaspiridae, Orthalicidae, and Simpulopsidae (Mollusca, Gastropoda, Orthalicoidea) in the Natural History Museum, London. <em>ZooKeys.</em> 470: 17-143., available online at https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.470.8548
page(s): 51 [details] Available for editors
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additional source Breure, A. S. H. & Araujo, R. (2017). The Neotropical land snails (Mollusca, Gastropoda) collected by the “Comisión Científica del Pacífico.”. <em>PeerJ.</em> 5, e3065., available online at https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5354113/#
page(s): 40, fig. 19 C [details]
additional source Breure, A. S. H., Roosen, M. T. & Ablett, J. D. (2022). Land and freshwater molluscs of mainland Ecuador: an illustrated checklist. <em>Iberus.</em> 40(1): 1-290.
page(s): 124, figs. 159C-D, 160, 163 [details]
page(s): 74 [details]
original description (of Thaumastus thompsonoides Oberwimmer, 1931) Oberwimmer, H. (1931). Beschreibung dreier neuer Bulimuliden aus dem Senckenberg-Museum. Senckenbergiana, 13: 190-194. Frankfurt am Main.
page(s): 194, figs. 3, 6 [details]
original description (of Orphnus thompsoni var. lutea Cousin, 1887) Cousin, A. (1887). Faune malacologique de la Republique de l'Équateur. <em>Bulletin de la Société zoologique de France.</em> 12: 187-287., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36024096
page(s): 212 [details]
original description (of Orphnus thompsoni var. nigricans Cousin, 1887) Cousin, A. (1887). Faune malacologique de la Republique de l'Équateur. <em>Bulletin de la Société zoologique de France.</em> 12: 187-287., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36024096
page(s): 212 [details]
original description (of Orphnus thompsoni var. olivacea Cousin, 1887) Cousin, A. (1887). Faune malacologique de la Republique de l'Équateur. <em>Bulletin de la Société zoologique de France.</em> 12: 187-287., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36024096
page(s): 212 [details]
original description (of Orphnus thompsoni var. zebra Cousin, 1887) Cousin, A. (1887). Faune malacologique de la Republique de l'Équateur. <em>Bulletin de la Société zoologique de France.</em> 12: 187-287., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36024096
page(s): 212 [details]
basis of record Breure, A. S. H. & Ablett, J. D. (2015). Annotated type catalogue of the Megaspiridae, Orthalicidae, and Simpulopsidae (Mollusca, Gastropoda, Orthalicoidea) in the Natural History Museum, London. <em>ZooKeys.</em> 470: 17-143., available online at https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.470.8548
page(s): 51 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Breure, A. S. H. & Araujo, R. (2017). The Neotropical land snails (Mollusca, Gastropoda) collected by the “Comisión Científica del Pacífico.”. <em>PeerJ.</em> 5, e3065., available online at https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5354113/#
page(s): 40, fig. 19 C [details]
additional source Breure, A. S. H., Roosen, M. T. & Ablett, J. D. (2022). Land and freshwater molluscs of mainland Ecuador: an illustrated checklist. <em>Iberus.</em> 40(1): 1-290.
page(s): 124, figs. 159C-D, 160, 163 [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Type locality Ecuador, Quito [details]
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Kara thompsonii)
To GenBank (3 nucleotides; 2 proteins)
To NHMUK collection (Bulimus thompsonii Pfeiffer, 1845; LECTOTYPE; NHMUK:ecatalogue:3506989) (from synonym Bulimus thompsonii L. Pfeiffer, 1845)
To GenBank (3 nucleotides; 2 proteins)
To NHMUK collection (Bulimus thompsonii Pfeiffer, 1845; LECTOTYPE; NHMUK:ecatalogue:3506989) (from synonym Bulimus thompsonii L. Pfeiffer, 1845)
From editor or global species database
Hosted externally, from synonym
