MolluscaBase - Obeliscus dominicensis (L. Pfeiffer, 1853)

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Obeliscus dominicensis (L. Pfeiffer, 1853)

AphiaID

1499903 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1499903)

Classification

Status

unaccepted (unaccepted combination)

Accepted name

Pseudobalea dominicensis (L. Pfeiffer, 1853)

Rank

Species

Parent

Obeliscus J. E. Gray, 1847 accepted as Pyramidella Lamarck, 1799

Original name

Balea dominicensis L. Pfeiffer, 1853

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Subspecies Obeliscus dominicensis hasta (L. Pfeiffer, 1856) accepted as Pseudobalea dominicensis hasta (L. Pfeiffer, 1856) (unaccepted combination)

Environment

~~marine~~, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~, terrestrial

Original description

(of Balea dominicensis L. Pfeiffer, 1853) Pfeiffer, L. (1853). Description of new land shells from the collection of H. Cuming, Esq. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 19 (228) [“1851”]: 147–150. London [29 June]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12859243
page(s): 148 [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Obeliscus dominicensis (L. Pfeiffer, 1853). Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1499903 on 2025-09-11

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2021-04-05 11:18:56Z

created

Auffenberg, Kurt

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Sources (1)

original description (of Balea dominicensis L. Pfeiffer, 1853) Pfeiffer, L. (1853). Description of new land shells from the collection of H. Cuming, Esq. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 19 (228) [“1851”]: 147–150. London [29 June]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12859243
page(s): 148 [details]