Obeliscus

{{Short description|Genus of gastropods}}

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|authority=Beck, 1837Beck (1837). Index Moll. Mus. Ch. Fred. (1): 61.

| type_species= Helix obeliscus S. Moricand, 1834

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  • Bulimus (Obeliscus) H. Beck, 1837 (original rank)
  • Obeliscus (Rectobelus) H. B. Baker, 1927 accepted, alternate representation

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Obeliscus is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Stenogyrinae of the family Achatinidae.{{WRMS source|278821|Bank, R. (2017). Classification of the Recent terrestrial Gastropoda of the World. Last update: 16 July 2017.|10 January 2019}}MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Obeliscus H. Beck, 1837. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=877286 on 23 June 2020

Distribution

Species within this genus occur in Brazil, Cuba,...[http://www.ecosis.cu/cenbio/biodiversidadcuba/fauna/mollusca.htm "Mollusca"] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110718163216/http://www.ecosis.cu/cenbio/biodiversidadcuba/fauna/mollusca.htm |date=18 July 2011 }}. Diversidad Biológica Cubana, accessed 23 March 2011.

Species

The genus Obeliscus includes the following species:

;Species brought into synonymy:

See also

  • Obeliscus Gray, 1847 is a synonym of PyramidellaWoRMS (2011). Pyramidella Lamarck, 1799. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=160041 on 15 March 2011
  • Obeliscus Popofsky, 1913Popofsky (1913). Dtsch. Südpolar Exped. 14(2): 279. is a genus of protist

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Category:Subulininae

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