Obeliscus plicatellum (Guppy, 1868)

CLASSE: GASTROPODA: TERRESTRE

FAMÍLIA: ACHATINIDAE

ESPÉCIE: Obeliscus plicatellum (Guppy, 1868)

Tamanho médio: 13 – 15 mm

Ocorrência: Trinidad & Tobago, Granada

Localidade tipo: Trinidad

Nome original: Stenogyra plicatella Guppy, 1868

Nomes sinonimizados: Bulimus plicatellus (Guppy, 1868); Opeas octogyrum plicatellum (Guppy, 1868); Opeas plicatella (Guppy, 1868); Opeas plicatellus (Guppy, 1868)

Fotos: (1,2) Natural History Museum, London: Obeliscus plicatellum (Guppy, 1868), NHMUK 20190662, Trinidad & Tobago, “off Granville Beach Road”, coll. Mike G. Rutherford, 16.vi.2014

Fontes:

Descrição original: (como Stenogyra plicatella Guppy, 1868) Guppy, R. J. L. (1868). On the terrestrial mollusks of Dominica and Grenada, with an account of some new species from Trinidad. Annals and Magazine of Natural History. (4) 1: 429-442., disponível online em https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/22248819
página(s): 438-439; note: With 3 varieties. See pg. 437 for Grenada record

Robinson, D. G., Fields, A. & Zimmerman, F. J. (2004). The terrestrial malacofauna of Trinidad and Tobago. Interim report. 1-21.
página(s): 6

Natural History Museum (2026). Natural History Museum (London) Collection Specimens. Occurrence dataset https://doi.org/10.5519/qd.25oo522a accessed via GBIF.org on 2026-07-11. https://gbif.org/occurrence/2273400698

MolluscaBase: https://molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1513199