WoRMS name details
Obeliscus adamsii P. P. Carpenter, 1864
575934 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:575934)
unaccepted
Species
Obeliscus J. E. Gray, 1847 accepted as Pyramidella Lamarck, 1799
marine
Carpenter, P. P. (1864). Supplementary report on the present state of our knowledge with regard to the Mollusca of the West Coast of North America. <em>Reports of the British Association for the Advancement of Science.</em> (1863) 33: 517-686., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29370651
page(s): 546-547; note: based on Pyramidella sp. indet. of C.B. Adams (1852: nº 293, p. 424 [200 in reprint]), which is hardly described as "a snow-white shell, having only eight whorls" [details]
page(s): 546-547; note: based on Pyramidella sp. indet. of C.B. Adams (1852: nº 293, p. 424 [200 in reprint]), which is hardly described as "a snow-white shell, having only eight whorls" [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Obeliscus adamsii P. P. Carpenter, 1864. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=575934 on 2025-04-12
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Carpenter, P. P. (1864). Supplementary report on the present state of our knowledge with regard to the Mollusca of the West Coast of North America. <em>Reports of the British Association for the Advancement of Science.</em> (1863) 33: 517-686., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29370651
page(s): 546-547; note: based on Pyramidella sp. indet. of C.B. Adams (1852: nº 293, p. 424 [200 in reprint]), which is hardly described as "a snow-white shell, having only eight whorls" [details]
basis of record Keen, A. M. (1971). Sea Shells of Tropical West America. Marine mollusks from Baja California to Peru. ed. 2. Stanford University Press. xv, 1064 pp., 22 pls. [details]
page(s): 546-547; note: based on Pyramidella sp. indet. of C.B. Adams (1852: nº 293, p. 424 [200 in reprint]), which is hardly described as "a snow-white shell, having only eight whorls" [details]
basis of record Keen, A. M. (1971). Sea Shells of Tropical West America. Marine mollusks from Baja California to Peru. ed. 2. Stanford University Press. xv, 1064 pp., 22 pls. [details]
