Obeliscus


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

Distribution

Species within this genus occur in Brazil, Cuba,...

Species

The genus Obeliscus includes the following species:
  • Obeliscus abbotti Vanatta, 1918
  • Obeliscus acicularis Aguayo & Jaume, 1957
  • Obeliscus agassizi Pilsbry, 1906
  • Obeliscus angustatus
  • Obeliscus bacillus
  • Obeliscus bacterionides
  • Obeliscus basilissa Aguayo & Jaume, 1954
  • Obeliscus binneyi Pilsbry, 1906
  • Obeliscus blandianus Pilsbry, 1906
  • Obeliscus boitata Simone & Salvador, 2016
  • Obeliscus carphodes
  • Obeliscus clavus
  • * Obeliscus clavus flavus Pilsbry, 1906
  • Obeliscus columella
  • Obeliscus gonostoma
  • Obeliscus gundlachi
  • Obeliscus homalogyrus
  • Obeliscus lata Gundlach in Pilsbry, 1905
  • Obeliscus latispira Pilsbry, 1944
  • Obeliscus maximus
  • Obeliscus microstoma
  • Obeliscus moderatus Pilsbry, 1933
  • Obeliscus obeliscus
  • Obeliscus paradoxus
  • Obeliscus pattalus Pilsbry, 1906
  • Obeliscus peregrinus
  • Obeliscus petricola Aguayo & Jaume, 1957
  • Obeliscus planospirus
  • Obeliscus saugeti Aguayo & Jaume, 1957
  • Obeliscus strictus
  • Obeliscus subuliformis
  • Obeliscus swiftianus
  • Obeliscus sylvaticus
  • Obeliscus virescens
;Species brought into synonymy:
  • Obeliscus blandi : synonym of Coeliaxis blandi
  • Obeliscus brunneus A. Adams, 1854: synonym of Colsyrnola brunnea
  • Obeliscus cuneus : synonym of Protobeliscus cuneus
  • Obeliscus jousseaumei Cousin, 1887: synonym of Protobeliscus jousseaumei
  • Obeliscus lymneaeformis Melvill & Ponsonby, 1901: synonym of Euonyma lymneaeformis
  • Obeliscus natalensis Burnup, 1905: synonym of Euonyma natalensis
  • Obeliscus octogyrus : synonym of Stenogyra octogyra
  • Obeliscus terebraster : synonym of Stenogyra terebraster
  • Obeliscus tessellatus A. Adams, 1854: synonym of Longchaeus maculosus
  • Obeliscus triptyx : synonym of ''Ischnocion triptyx''