Obeliscus

Obeliscus is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Stenogyrinae of the family Achatinidae.[2][3]

Obeliscus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
Order: Stylommatophora
Suborder: Achatinina
Superfamily: Achatinoidea
Family: Achatinidae
Genus: Obeliscus
Beck, 1837[1]
Type species
Helix obeliscus S. Moricand, 1834
Synonyms
  • Bulimus (Obeliscus) H. Beck, 1837 (original rank)
  • Obeliscus (Rectobelus) H. B. Baker, 1927 accepted, alternate representation

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

References
  1. Beck (1837). Index Moll. Mus. Ch. Fred. (1): 61.
  2. Bank, R. (2017). Classification of the Recent terrestrial Gastropoda of the World. Last update: July 16th, 2017.. World Register of Marine Species, Retrieved 10 January 2019.
  3. 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 2020-06-23
  4. (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 October 4, 2011, at the Wayback Machine.
  5. "Mollusca" Archived July 18, 2011, at the Wayback Machine. Diversidad Biológica Cubana, accessed 23 March 2011.
  6. 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)
  7. WoRMS (2011). Pyramidella Lamarck, 1799. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=160041 on 2011-03-15
  8. Popofsky (1913). Dtsch. Südpolar Exped. 14(2): 279.


This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.