Obeliscus is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Stenogyrinae of the family Achatinidae.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,..."Mollusca" . Diversidad Biológica Cubana, accessed 23 March 2011.
Species The genus Obeliscus includes the following species: Obeliscus abbotti Vanatta, 1918 Obeliscus acicularis Aguayo & Jaume, 1957 Obeliscus agassizi Pilsbry, 1906 Obeliscus angustatus (Gundlach, 1856) Obeliscus bacillus (Pfeiffer, 1861) Obeliscus bacterionides (d’Orbigny, 1835)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) Obeliscus basilissa Aguayo & Jaume, 1954 Obeliscus binneyi Pilsbry, 1906 Obeliscus blandianus Pilsbry, 1906 Obeliscus boitata Simone & Salvador, 2016 Obeliscus carphodes (Pfeiffer, 1852) Obeliscus clavus Obeliscus clavus flavus Pilsbry, 1906 Obeliscus columella (Philippi, 1844) Obeliscus gonostoma (Gundlach in Pfeiffer, 1863) Obeliscus gundlachi (Pfeiffer, 1863) Obeliscus homalogyrus (Shuttleworth in Pfeiffer, 1851) Obeliscus lata Gundlach in Pilsbry, 1905 Obeliscus latispira Pilsbry, 1944 Obeliscus maximus (Poey, 1854) Obeliscus microstoma (Gundlach in Pfeiffer, 1863) Obeliscus moderatus Pilsbry, 1933 Obeliscus obeliscus (Moricand, 1833) Obeliscus paradoxus (Arango, 1881) Obeliscus pattalus Pilsbry, 1906 Obeliscus peregrinus (Pfeiffer, 1855) Obeliscus petricola Aguayo & Jaume, 1957 Obeliscus planospirus (Pfeiffer, 1852) Obeliscus saugeti Aguayo & Jaume, 1957 Obeliscus strictus (Poey, 1853) Obeliscus subuliformis (Moricand, 1836) 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 . Obeliscus swiftianus (Pfeiffer, 1852) Obeliscus sylvaticus (Spix, 1827) 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 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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