Rhachistia catenata | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Heterobranchia |
Order: | Stylommatophora |
Family: | Cerastidae |
Genus: | Rhachistia |
Species: | R. catenata |
Binomial name | |
Rhachistia catenata (E. von Martens, 1860) [1] | |
Synonyms | |
Buliminus (Rhachis) braunsii |
Rhachistia catenata is a species of air-breathing land snail, a pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Cerastidae. [2] It was subsequently re-described as Buliminus (Rhachis) braunsii in 1869 when found in Zanzibar. [2]
This species occurs in Africa. The type locality is contained in Mozambique.
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