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Obelus (gastropod)

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Obelus
Obelus moderatus (Mousson 1857)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Stylommatophora
Family: Geomitridae
Subfamily: Geomitrinae
Genus: Obelus
Hartmann, 1842 [1]
Type species
Helix despreauxii
d'Orbigny, 1839
Synonyms
  • Anomalina Mousson, 1843
  • Obelus (Grohiellus) Neiber, Walther, Santana, M. R. Alonso & Ibáñez, 2016 · alternate representation
  • Obelus (Obelus) W. Hartmann, 1842 · alternate representation

Obelus is a European genus of small air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod molluscs in the subfamily Geomitrinae of the family Geomitridae, the hairy snails and their allies.[1]

Species

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Species within the genus Obelus include:

Synonym
  • Obelus philamnius (Bourguignat, 1863): synonyym of Xerocrassa philamnia (Bourguignat, 1863) (superseded combination)

References

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  1. ^ MolluscaBase eds. (2022). MolluscaBase. Obelus W. Hartmann, 1842. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=996324 on 2022-07-22
  • Bank, R. A. (2017). Classification of the Recent terrestrial Gastropoda of the World. Last update: July 16, 2017
  • Ibáñez, M., Alonso, M.R., Groh, K. & Hutterer, R. (2003). The Genus Obelus Hartmann, 1842 (Gastropoda, Pulmonata, Helicoidea) and its Phylogenetic Relationships. Zoologischer Anzeiger, 242: 157–167.
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