Rhachistia is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod molluscs in the family Cerastidae.[2]
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| Drawing of apertural and abapertural view of the shell of Rhachistia rhodotaenia. | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Order: | Stylommatophora |
| Infraorder: | Pupilloidei |
| Superfamily: | Pupilloidea |
| Family: | Cerastidae |
| Genus: | Rhachistia Connolly, 1922[1] |
| Type species | |
| Buliminus (Rhachis) rhodotaenia E. von Martens, 1869
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The genus Rhachistia is found in Eastern Africa and Asia.
Species
editSpecies in the genus Rhachistia include:[3]
- 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 (von Martens, 1869) (synonym: Rhachidina braunsi (von Martens, 1869))[4]
- Rhachistia catenata (E. von Martens, 1860)[5]
- Rhachistia chiradzuluensis (E.A. Smith, 1899)
- Rhachistia conformalis Sutcharit, Naggs & Panha, 2010
- Rhachistia dubiosa (Sturany, 1898)
- Rhachistia erlangeri (Kobelt, 1910)
- Rhachistia festiva (Connolly, 1925)
- Rhachistia ganalensis (Kobelt, 1910)
- Rhachistia hildebandti (von Martens, 1878)
- Rhachistia histrio (Pfeiffer, 1855)
- Rhachistia infracincta (Gould, 1850)
- Rhachistia lilacina Connolly, 1930
- Rhachistia melanacme (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 (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 (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
edit- ^ 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.
- ^ a b 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
- ^ 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.
- ^ "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Rhachidina braunsii (E. von Martens, 1869)". www.marinespecies.org. Retrieved 27 October 2021.
- ^ 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.
- 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
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- 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