original description
Vanatta, E. G. (1918). Two new shells from Hayti. <em>Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.</em> 70: 237-238., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/26374555
page(s): 238, fig. 3 [details]
basis of record
D'Àvila S., Simone L. R. L., Oliveira L. F. Cappa De, Charles L. & Maestrati P. (2020). Rediscovery of <i>Obeliscus agassizi</i> Pilsbry, 1906 (Gastropoda, Subulinidae, Obeliscinae), annotated checklist of species of <i>Obeliscus</i> Beck, 1837 and first description of the anatomy for the genus. <em>Zoosystema.</em> 42(12): 159-172., available online at https://doi.org/10.5252/zoosystema20v42a12. [details]
additional source
Espinosa, J. A. & Robinson, D. G. (2021). Annotated checklist of the terrestrial mollusks (Mollusca: Gastropoda) from Hispaniola Island. <em>Novitates Caribaea.</em> 17: 71–146., available online at http://www.novitatescaribaea.do/index.php/novitates/article/view/250
page(s): 106 [details] Available for editors [request]
From editor or global species database
Etymology Named for the collector, Dr. W. L. Abbott. [details]
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