Obelus (gastropod)

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.

Species

Species within the genus Obelus include:

• Obelus despreauxii <small>(d'Orbigny, 1839)</small>
• Obelus discogranulatus <small>M. R. Alonso & Groh, 2003</small>
• Obelus mirandae <small>(R. T. Lowe, 1861)</small>
• Obelus moderatus <small>(Mousson, 1857)</small>
• Obelus moratus <small>(Mousson, 1872)</small>
• Obelus pumilio <small>(Dillwyn, 1817)</small>
• Obelus zarzaensis <small>Neiber, Walther, Santana, M. R. Alonso & Ibáñez, 2016</small>

• Obelus philamnius <small>(Bourguignat, 1863)</small>: synonyym of Xerocrassa philamnia <small>(Bourguignat, 1863)</small> (superseded combination)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.

External links

• Nomenclator Zoologicus info
• Hartmann, J.D.W. (1840-1844). Erd- und Süsswasser-Gasteropoden der Schweiz. Mit Zugabe einiger merkwürdigen exotischen Arten, i-xx, 1-36