''Rhachistia'' is a
genus
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of air-breathing
land snail
A land snail is any of the numerous species of snail that live on land, as opposed to the sea snails and freshwater snails. ''Land snail'' is the common name for terrestrial gastropod mollusks that have shells (those without shells are known as ...
s,
terrestrial pulmonate
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gastropod
The gastropods (), commonly known as snails and slugs, belong to a large taxonomic class of invertebrates within the phylum Mollusca called Gastropoda ().
This class comprises snails and slugs from saltwater, from freshwater, and from land. T ...
mollusk
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s in the family
Cerastidae
Cerastidae is a family of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the order Stylommatophora.MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Cerastidae Wenz, 1923. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http ...
.
[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]
The genus ''Rhachistia'' is found in
Eastern Africa and
Asia
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.
Species
Species in the genus ''Rhachistia'' include:
* ''
Rhachistia adumbratus''
(L. Pfeiffer, 1855)
* ''
Rhachistia aldabrae''
(von Martens, 1898) -
Aldabra banded snail - assumed extinct since 2000, small population found 2014
* ''
Rhachistia bengalensis''
(Lamarck, 1822)
* ''
Rhachistia boehmi''
(E. von Martens, 1895)
* ''
Rhachistia braunsii
''Rhachistia'' is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Cerastidae. MolluscaBase eds. (2022). MolluscaBase. Rhachistia Connolly, 1925. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: ...
''
(von Martens, 1869) (synonym: ''
Rhachidina braunsi
''Rhachidina'' is a genus of gastropods belonging to the family Cerastidae.
The species of this genus are found in Central Africa and Australia.
Species:
*''Rhachidina hieroglyphica''
*''Rhachidina usagarica''
References
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(von Martens, 1869))
* ''
Rhachistia catenata''
(E. von Martens, 1860)
* ''
Rhachistia chiradzuluensis''
(E.A. Smith, 1899)
* ''
Rhachistia conformalis''
Sutcharit, Naggs & Panha, 2010
* ''
Rhachistia dubiosa''
(Sturany, 1898)
* ''
Rhachistia erlangeri
''Rhachistia'' is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Cerastidae. MolluscaBase eds. (2022). MolluscaBase. Rhachistia Connolly, 1925. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: ...
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(Kobelt, 1910)
* ''
Rhachistia festiva
''Rhachistia'' is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Cerastidae. MolluscaBase eds. (2022). MolluscaBase. Rhachistia Connolly, 1925. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: ...
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(Connolly, 1925)
* ''
Rhachistia ganalensis
''Rhachistia'' is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Cerastidae. MolluscaBase eds. (2022). MolluscaBase. Rhachistia Connolly, 1925. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: ...
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(Kobelt, 1910)
* ''
Rhachistia hildebandti
''Rhachistia'' is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Cerastidae. MolluscaBase eds. (2022). MolluscaBase. Rhachistia Connolly, 1925. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: ...
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(von Martens, 1878)
* ''
Rhachistia histrio
''Rhachistia'' is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Cerastidae. MolluscaBase eds. (2022). MolluscaBase. Rhachistia Connolly, 1925. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: ...
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(Pfeiffer, 1855)
* ''
Rhachistia infracincta
''Rhachistia'' is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Cerastidae. MolluscaBase eds. (2022). MolluscaBase. Rhachistia Connolly, 1925. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: ...
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(Gould, 1850)
* ''
Rhachistia lilacina
''Rhachistia'' is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Cerastidae. MolluscaBase eds. (2022). MolluscaBase. Rhachistia Connolly, 1925. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: ...
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Connolly, 1930
* ''
Rhachistia melanacme
''Rhachistia'' is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Cerastidae. MolluscaBase eds. (2022). MolluscaBase. Rhachistia Connolly, 1925. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: ...
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(L. Pfeiffer, 1855)
* ''
Rhachistia moluensis''
(Kobelt, 1910)
* ''
Rhachistia mozambicensis''
(L. Pfeiffer, 1846)
* ''
Rhachistia picturata''
(Morelet, 1889)
* ''
Rhachistia praetermissa''
(W. T. Blanford & H. F. Blanford, 1861)
* ''
Rhachistia pulchra''
(Gray, 1825)
* ''
Rhachistia rhodotaenia
''Rhachistia rhodotaenia'' is a species of air-breathing land snail, a pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Cerastidae.
''Rhachistia rhodotaenia'' is the type species
In zoological nomenclature, a type species (''species typica'') is t ...
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(von Martens, 1901) - type species of the genus ''Rhachistia''
* ''
Rhachistia rochebruniana''
(Bourguignat, 1883)
* ''
Rhachistia rorkorensis''
(Kobelt, 1910)
* ''
Rhachistia sanguinea''
(Benson, 1857)
* ''
Rhachistia spilogramma''
(E. von Martens, 1860)
* ''
Rhachistia sticta
''Rhachistia'' is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Cerastidae. MolluscaBase eds. (2022). MolluscaBase. Rhachistia Connolly, 1925. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: ...
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(E. von Martens, 1860)
* ''
Rhachistia sulphurea''
(Tomlin & Peile, 1930)
* ''
Rhachistia trutta''
(W. T. Blanford, 1866)
* ''
Rhachistia vesiculata''
(Benson, 1859)
;Synonyms:
* ''Rhachistia praetermissus''
(W. T. Blanford & H. F. Blanford, 1861): synonym of ''Rhachistia praetermissa''
(W. T. Blanford & H. F. Blanford, 1861) (incorrect gender ending)
* ''Rhachistia pulcher''
(Gray, 1825): synonym of ''Rhachistia pulchra''
(Gray, 1825) (incorrect gender ending)
* ''Rhachistia sanguineus''
(Benson, 1857): synonym of ''Rhachistia sanguinea''
(Benson, 1857) (incorrect grammatical agreement of specific epithet)
* ''Rhachistia vesiculatus''
(Benson, 1859): synonym of ''Rhachistia vesiculata''
(Benson, 1859) (incorrect grammatical agreement of specific epithet)
References
* Connolly, M. (1925). The non-marine Mollusca of Portuguese East Africa. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Africa, 12 (3): 105-220, pl. 4-8. Cape Town.
* Tomlin, J.R.; Peile, A.J. (1930). Eorrhachis a new genus of bulimoild snails. Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London. 19: 153-154
* Iredale, T. (1933). Systematic notes on Australian land shells. Records of the Australian Museum. 19(1): 37-59
External links
Iredale, T. (1933). Systematic notes on Australian land shells. Records of the Australian Museum. 19(1): 37-59* https://archive.org/stream/newcaledonianlan413sole#page/448/mode/2up
Cerastidae
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