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Obeliscus

Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Subulinidae

Taxonomy
Obeliscus was named by Beck (1837). It is extant.

It was assigned to Stenogyrinae by Bouchet et al. (2005).

Species lacking formal opinion data
O. canaliculatus, O. conellus, O. excavatus, O. polygyrus

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1837Obeliscus Beck
2005Obeliscus Bouchet et al. p. 267

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classGastropoda
orderHeterostropha()
infraclassEuthyneura(Spengel 1881)
RankNameAuthor
—TectipleuraSchrödl et al. 2011
—PanpulmonataJörger et al. 2010
superorderEupulmonata(Haszprunar and Huber 1990)
suborderGeophila(Férussac 1819)
orderStylommatophora(Schmidt 1856)
suborderAchatininaSchileyko 1979
superfamilyAchatinoideaSwainson 1840
familySubulinidaeFischer and Crosse 1877
subfamilyStenogyrinaeFischer and Crosse 1877
genusObeliscusBeck 1837

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

G. Obeliscus Beck 1837
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Environment: terrestrialf
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: epifaunalc
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2017-04-17 10:23:44
Modified: 2017-04-17 10:23:44
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Bush and Bambach 2015

Age range: base of the Bartonian to the top of the Late/Upper Eocene or 41.03000 to 33.90000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71United Kingdom (England) O. canaliculatus, O. polygyrus (42636) O. polygyrus (42644)
Late/Upper Eocene37.71 - 33.9United Kingdom (England) O. excavatus (42640)