Obelus (gastropod)

Obelus
Obelus moderatus (Mousson 1857)
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Stylommatophora
Family: Geomitridae
Subfamily: Geomitrinae
Genus: Obelus
Hartmann, 1842
Type species
Helix despreauxii
d'Orbigny, 1839
Synonyms
  • Anomalina Mousson, 1843
  • Obelus (Grohiellus) Neiber, Walther, Santana, M. R. Alonso & Ibáñez, 2016 · alternate representation
  • Obelus (Obelus) W. Hartmann, 1842 · alternate representation

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.