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Obeliscus Gray, 1847 
AphiaID: 206171

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Heterobranchia (Subclass) > [unassigned] Heterobranchia (Infraclass) > Pyramidelloidea (Superfamily) > Pyramidellidae (Family)
Status unaccepted unaccepted (junior objective synonym of Pyramidella)
Record
status		 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Accepted name  Pyramidella Lamarck, 1799
Rank Genus
Typetaxon Trochus dolabratus Linnaeus, 1758 (type by original designation)
Parent Pyramidellidae Gray, 1840
Sources  basis of record: Vaught, K.C. (1989). A classification of the living Mollusca. American Malacologists: Melbourne, FL (USA). ISBN 0-915826-22-4. XII, 195 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details]

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Species Obeliscus spiralis von Maltzan (nomen dubium)

Subgenus Obeliscus (Syrnola) accepted as Syrnola A. Adams, 1860
  » Species Obeliscus (Syrnola) pumilio E. A. Smith, 1890 accepted as Syrnola pumilio (E. A. Smith, 1890)
Species Obeliscus balteatus A. Adams, 1855 accepted as Pyramidella balteata (A. Adams, 1855)
Species Obeliscus dolobratus (L.) accepted as Pyramidella dolabrata (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Obeliscus fastigium A. Adams, 1855 accepted as Pyramidella fastigium (A. Adams, 1855)
Species Obeliscus gracillima E. A. Smith, 1872 accepted as Eulimella variabilis de Folin, 1870
Species Obeliscus menadensis Schepman, 1907 † accepted as Longchaeus menadensis (Schepman, 1907) †
Species Obeliscus sanctaehelenae E. A. Smith, 1890 accepted as Pyramidella sanctaehelenae (E. A. Smith, 1890)
Species Obeliscus tenuisculptus Lischke, 1872 accepted as Syrnola tenuisculpta (Lischke, 1872)
Species Obeliscus terebelloides A. Adams, 1855 accepted as Pyramidella terebelloides (A. Adams, 1854)
Species Obeliscus teres A. Adams, 1854 accepted as Longchaeus turritus (A. Adams, 1854)
Species Obeliscus turritus A. Adams, 1854 accepted as Longchaeus turritus (A. Adams, 1854)
Environment marine
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:206171
Taxonomic
Edit history		 
Date   action   by
2004-06-06 22:00:00Z  created  Vanden Berghe, Edward
2007-01-03 09:05:25Z  changed  Vanden Berghe, Edward
2013-05-12 16:46:15Z  changed  Bouchet, Philippe
  
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  Citation: Bouchet, P. (2013). Obeliscus Gray, 1847. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=206171 on 2013-06-20
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