Obeliscus
| Obeliscus | |
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| Obeliscus carphodes preserved shell | |
| Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia | 
| Phylum: | Mollusca | 
| Class: | Gastropoda | 
| Order: | Stylommatophora | 
| Suborder: | Achatinina | 
| Superfamily: | Achatinoidea | 
| Family: | Achatinidae | 
| Genus: | Beck, 1837[1]  | 
| Type species | |
| Helix obeliscus S. Moricand, 1834 | |
| Synonyms | |
 
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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.[2][3]
Distribution
Species within this genus occur in Brazil,[4] Cuba,...[5]
Species
The genus Obeliscus includes the following species:
- Obeliscus abbotti Vanatta, 1918
 - Obeliscus acicularis Aguayo & Jaume, 1957[5]
 - Obeliscus agassizi Pilsbry, 1906[4]
 - Obeliscus angustatus (Gundlach, 1856)[5]
 - Obeliscus bacillus (Pfeiffer, 1861)[5]
 - Obeliscus bacterionides (d’Orbigny, 1835)[6]
 - Obeliscus basilissa Aguayo & Jaume, 1954[5]
 - Obeliscus binneyi Pilsbry, 1906[5]
 - Obeliscus blandianus Pilsbry, 1906[5]
 - Obeliscus boitata Simone & Salvador, 2016
 - Obeliscus carphodes (Pfeiffer, 1852)[4]
 - Obeliscus clavus[5] 
- Obeliscus clavus flavus Pilsbry, 1906[5]
 
 - Obeliscus columella (Philippi, 1844)[4]
 - Obeliscus gonostoma (Gundlach in Pfeiffer, 1863)[5]
 - Obeliscus gundlachi (Pfeiffer, 1863)[5]
 - Obeliscus homalogyrus (Shuttleworth in Pfeiffer, 1851)[5]
 - Obeliscus lata Gundlach in Pilsbry, 1905[5]
 - Obeliscus latispira Pilsbry, 1944
 - Obeliscus maximus (Poey, 1854)[5]
 - Obeliscus microstoma (Gundlach in Pfeiffer, 1863)[5]
 - Obeliscus moderatus Pilsbry, 1933
 - Obeliscus obeliscus (Moricand, 1833)[4]
 - Obeliscus paradoxus (Arango, 1881)[5]
 - Obeliscus pattalus Pilsbry, 1906[4]
 - Obeliscus peregrinus (Pfeiffer, 1855)
 - Obeliscus petricola Aguayo & Jaume, 1957[5]
 - Obeliscus planospirus (Pfeiffer, 1852)[4]
 - Obeliscus saugeti Aguayo & Jaume, 1957[5]
 - Obeliscus strictus (Poey, 1853)[5]
 - Obeliscus subuliformis (Moricand, 1836)[4]
 - Obeliscus swiftianus (Pfeiffer, 1852)[5]
 - Obeliscus sylvaticus (Spix, 1827)[4]
 - Obeliscus virescens (Da Costa, 1898)
 
- Species brought into synonymy
 
- Obeliscus blandi (L. Pfeiffer, 1854): synonym of Coeliaxis blandi (L. Pfeiffer, 1854)
 - Obeliscus brunneus A. Adams, 1854: synonym of Colsyrnola brunnea (A. Adams, 1854)
 - Obeliscus cuneus (L. Pfeiffer, 1852): synonym of Protobeliscus cuneus (L. Pfeiffer, 1852) (basionym)
 - Obeliscus jousseaumei Cousin, 1887: synonym of Protobeliscus jousseaumei (Cousin, 1887)
 - Obeliscus lymneaeformis Melvill & Ponsonby, 1901: synonym of Euonyma lymneaeformis (Melvill & Ponsonby, 1901) (original combination)
 - Obeliscus natalensis Burnup, 1905: synonym of Euonyma natalensis (Burnup, 1905) (original combination)
 - Obeliscus octogyrus (L. Pfeiffer, 1856): synonym of Stenogyra octogyra (L. Pfeiffer, 1856) (superseded combination)
 - Obeliscus terebraster (Lamarck, 1822): synonym of Stenogyra terebraster (Lamarck, 1822) (unaccepted combination)
 - Obeliscus tessellatus A. Adams, 1854: synonym of Longchaeus maculosus (Lamarck, 1822)
 - Obeliscus triptyx (Pilsbry, 1907): synonym of Ischnocion triptyx (Pilsbry, 1907)
 
See also
- Obeliscus Gray, 1847 is a synonym of Pyramidella[7]
 - Obeliscus Popofsky, 1913[8] is a genus of protist
 
References
- ^ Beck (1837). Index Moll. Mus. Ch. Fred. (1): 61.
 - ^ Bank, R. (2017). Classification of the Recent terrestrial Gastropoda of the World. Last update: 16 July 2017.. World Register of Marine Species, Retrieved 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
 - ^ a b c d e f g h i (in Portuguese) Salgado N. C. & Coelho A. C. S. (2003). "Moluscos terrestres do Brasil (Gastrópodes operculados ou não, exclusive Veronicellidae, Milacidae e Limacidae)". Revista de Biología Tropical 51(Suppl. 3): 149–189. (with English abstract), PDF Archived 4 October 2011 at the Wayback Machine.
 - ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t "Mollusca" Archived 18 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine. Diversidad Biológica Cubana, accessed 23 March 2011.
 - ^ D'Avila et al. Rediscovery of Obeliscus agassizi Pilsbry, 1906 (Gastropoda, Subulinidae, Obeliscinae), annotated checklist of * Of Obeliscus Beck, 1837 and first description of the anatomy for the genus; Zoosystema 2020 42 (2)
 - ^ WoRMS (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
 - ^ Popofsky (1913). Dtsch. Südpolar Exped. 14(2): 279.
 
 
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