Obelus (gastropod)
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| Obelus | |
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| Obelus moderatus (Mousson 1857) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Order: | Stylommatophora |
| Family: | Geomitridae |
| Subfamily: | Geomitrinae |
| Genus: | Obelus Hartmann, 1842 |
| Type species | |
| Helix despreauxii d'Orbigny, 1839 | |
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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]
