Obeliscus
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Obeliscus is a genus
of air-breathing land snail
s, terrestrial
pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Subulinidae
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Genus
In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...
of air-breathing land snail
Land snail
A land snail is any of the many species of snail that live on land, as opposed to those that live in salt water and fresh water. Land snails are terrestrial gastropod mollusks that have shells, It is not always an easy matter to say which species are terrestrial, because some are more or less...
s, terrestrial
Terrestrial animal
Terrestrial animals are animals that live predominantly or entirely on land , as compared with aquatic animals, which live predominantly or entirely in the water , or amphibians, which rely on a combination of aquatic and terrestrial habitats...
pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Subulinidae
Subulinidae
Subulinidae is a family of small tropical air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Achatinoidea.- Anatomy :...
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Distribution
Species within this genus occur in Brazil, Cuba, ...Species
The genus Obeliscus includes the following species:- Obeliscus acicularis Aguayo & Jaume, 1957
- Obeliscus agassizi Pilsbry, 1906
- Obeliscus angustatus (Gundlach, 1856)
- Obeliscus bacillus (Pfeiffer, 1861)
- Obeliscus basilissa Aguayo & Jaume, 1954
- Obeliscus binneyi Pilsbry, 1906
- Obeliscus blandianus Pilsbry, 1906
- 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 maximus (Poey, 1854)
- Obeliscus microstoma (Gundlach in Pfeiffer, 1863)
- Obeliscus obeliscus (Moricand, 1833)
- Obeliscus paradoxus (Arango, 1881)
- Obeliscus pattalus Pilsbry, 1906
- Obeliscus petricola Aguayo & Jaume, 1957
- Obeliscus planospirus (Pfeiffer, 1852)
- Obeliscus saugeti Aguayo & Jaume, 1957
- Obeliscus strictus (Poey, 1853)
- Obeliscus subuliformis (Moricand, 1836)
- Obeliscus swiftianus (Pfeiffer, 1852)
- Obeliscus sylvaticus (Spix, 1827)
- Obeliscus terebraster (Lamarck, 1822)
See also
- Obeliscus Gray, 1847 is a synonym of PyramidellaPyramidellaPyramidella is a genus of minute to medium-sized sea snails, marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pyramidellidae, the pyrams and their allies.Pyramidella is the type genus of the family Pyramidellidae.-Species:...
- Obeliscus Popofsky, 1913 is a genus of protistProtistProtists are a diverse group of eukaryotic microorganisms. Historically, protists were treated as the kingdom Protista, which includes mostly unicellular organisms that do not fit into the other kingdoms, but this group is contested in modern taxonomy...