Rhachistia

Rhachistia is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Cerastidae.

Rhachistia
Drawing of apertural and abapertural view of the shell of Rhachistia rhodotaenia.
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
Order:
Pulmonata
(unranked):
clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura
clade Panpulmonata
clade Eupulmonata
clade Stylommatophora
informal group Orthurethra
Superfamily:
Enoidea
Family:
Cerastidae
Genus:
Rhachistia

The genus Rhachistia is found in Eastern Africa and Asia.

Species

Species in the genus Rhachistia include:[2]

  • Rhachistia aldabrae (von Martens, 1898) - Aldabra banded snail - assumed extinct since 2000, small population found 2014
  • Rhachistia festiva (Connolly)
  • Rhachistia hildebrandti (von Martens)
  • Rhachistia histria (Pfeiffer, 1855)
  • Rhachistia lilacina Connolly
  • Rhachistia moluensis (Kobelt)
  • Rhachistia picturata (Morelet)
  • Rhachistia rhodotaenia (von Martens, 1901) - type species of the genus Rhachistia
  • Rhachistia obeliscus (C. R. Boettger)

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. 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.


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