Obeliscus Explained
Obeliscus is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Stenogyrinae of the family Achatinidae.[1]
Distribution
Species within this genus occur in Brazil, Cuba,...[2]
Species
The genus Obeliscus includes the following species:
- Obeliscus abbotti Vanatta, 1918
- Obeliscus acicularis Aguayo & Jaume, 1957[2]
- Obeliscus agassizi Pilsbry, 1906
- Obeliscus angustatus (Gundlach, 1856)[2]
- Obeliscus bacillus (Pfeiffer, 1861)[2]
- Obeliscus bacterionides (d’Orbigny, 1835)[3]
- Obeliscus basilissa Aguayo & Jaume, 1954[2]
- Obeliscus binneyi Pilsbry, 1906[2]
- Obeliscus blandianus Pilsbry, 1906[2]
- Obeliscus boitata Simone & Salvador, 2016
- Obeliscus carphodes (Pfeiffer, 1852)
- Obeliscus clavus[2]
- Obeliscus clavus flavus Pilsbry, 1906[2]
- Obeliscus columella (Philippi, 1844)
- Obeliscus gonostoma (Gundlach in Pfeiffer, 1863)[2]
- Obeliscus gundlachi (Pfeiffer, 1863)[2]
- Obeliscus homalogyrus (Shuttleworth in Pfeiffer, 1851)[2]
- Obeliscus lata Gundlach in Pilsbry, 1905[2]
- Obeliscus latispira Pilsbry, 1944
- Obeliscus maximus (Poey, 1854)[2]
- Obeliscus microstoma (Gundlach in Pfeiffer, 1863)[2]
- Obeliscus moderatus Pilsbry, 1933
- Obeliscus obeliscus (Moricand, 1833)
- Obeliscus paradoxus (Arango, 1881)[2]
- Obeliscus pattalus Pilsbry, 1906
- Obeliscus peregrinus (Pfeiffer, 1855)
- Obeliscus petricola Aguayo & Jaume, 1957[2]
- Obeliscus planospirus (Pfeiffer, 1852)
- Obeliscus saugeti Aguayo & Jaume, 1957[2]
- Obeliscus strictus (Poey, 1853)[2]
- Obeliscus subuliformis (Moricand, 1836)[4]
- Obeliscus swiftianus (Pfeiffer, 1852)[2]
- 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- Obeliscus octogyrus (L. Pfeiffer, 1856): synonym of Stenogyra octogyra (L. Pfeiffer, 1856) (superseded combination)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
Notes and References
- 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
- http://www.ecosis.cu/cenbio/biodiversidadcuba/fauna/mollusca.htm "Mollusca"
- https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Sthefane_D_avila/publication/340815583_Rediscovery_of_Obeliscus_agassizi_Pilsbry_1906_Gastropoda_Subulinidae_Obeliscinae_annotated_checklist_of_species_of_Obeliscus_Beck_1837_and_first_description_of_the_anatomy_for_the_genus/links/5e9f03a44585150839f00a49/Rediscovery-of-Obeliscus-agassizi-Pilsbry-1906-Gastropoda-Subulinidae-Obeliscinae-annotated-checklist-of-species-of-Obeliscus-Beck-1837-and-first-description-of-the-anatomy-for-the-genus.pdf 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)
- 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 .
- 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.
