Rhachistia

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Rhachistia
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Drawing of apertural and abapertural view of the shell of Rhachistia rhodotaenia .
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
Order: Stylommatophora
Infraorder: Pupilloidei
Superfamily: Pupilloidea
Family: Cerastidae
Genus: Rhachistia
Connolly, 1922 [1]
Type species
Buliminus (Rhachis) rhodotaenia
E. von Martens, 1869
Synonyms [2]
  • EorrhachisTomlin & Peile, 1930
  • RachispeculumIredale, 1933
  • Rachistia (misspelling)

Rhachistia is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod molluscs in the family Cerastidae. [2]

Contents

The genus Rhachistia is found in Eastern Africa and Asia.

Species

Species in the genus Rhachistia include: [3]

Synonyms

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References

  1. Connolly M (1924). "The non-marine mollusca of Portuguese East Africa". Transactions of the Royal Society of South Africa. 12 (1): 105–215. doi:10.1080/00359192409519300.
  2. 1 2 MolluscaBase eds. (2022). MolluscaBase. Rhachistia Connolly, 1925. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=818528 on 2022-04-09
  3. Burgess N. D. & Clarke G. P. (eds.) (2000) Coastal forests of Eastern Africa. IUCN (IUCN Forest Conservation Programme, NORAD (Norway), Conservation International). xiii, 443 pp. ISBN   2-8317-0436-7. Appendix 8.
  4. "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Rhachidina braunsii (E. von Martens, 1869)". www.marinespecies.org. Retrieved 27 October 2021.
  5. Muratov, Igor V. (2012). "Terrestrial Molluscs of Cabo Delgado and Adjacent Inland Areas of North-Eastern Mozambique". African Invertebrates. 51 (2): 255–288. doi: 10.5733/afin.051.0203 . ISSN   1681-5556.