Obelus is a European genus of small air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Geomitrinae of the family Geomitridae, the hairy snails and their allies. [1]
Species
Species within the genus Obelus include:
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Obelus despreauxii (d'Orbigny, 1839)
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Obelus discogranulatus M. R. Alonso & Groh, 2003
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Obelus mirandae (R. T. Lowe, 1861)
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Obelus moderatus (Mousson, 1857)
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Obelus moratus (Mousson, 1872)
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Obelus pumilio (Dillwyn, 1817)
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Obelus zarzaensis Neiber, Walther, Santana, M. R. Alonso & Ibáñez, 2016
- Synonym
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Obelus philamnius (Bourguignat, 1863): synonyym of Xerocrassa philamnia (Bourguignat, 1863) (superseded combination)
References
- 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.
