Obeliscus

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Obeliscus
Obeliscus carphodes preserved shell
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
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

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

Species within this genus occur in Brazil,[4] Cuba,...[5]

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