Rhachistia

{{Short description|Genus of gastropods}}

{{Automatic taxobox

|image = Rhachistia rhodotaenia shell.jpg

|image_caption = Drawing of apertural and abapertural view of the shell of Rhachistia rhodotaenia.

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|taxon = Rhachistia

|authority = Connolly, 1922{{cite journal | last1 = Connolly | first1 = M. | author-link = Matthew William Kemble Connolly |name-list-style=vanc | year = 1924 | title = The non-marine mollusca of Portuguese East Africa | url = https://archive.org/details/nonmarinemollusc00conn | journal = Transactions of the Royal Society of South Africa | volume = 12 | issue = 1| pages = 105–215 | doi=10.1080/00359192409519300 }}

|type_species = Buliminus (Rhachis) rhodotaenia

|type_species_authority = E. von Martens, 1869

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|synonyms =

  • Eorrhachis Tomlin & Peile, 1930
  • Rachispeculum Iredale, 1933
  • Rachistia (misspelling)

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

Species

Species in the genus Rhachistia include:Burgess N. D. & Clarke G. P. (eds.) (2000) [http://www.iucn.org/dbtw-wpd/commande/book.aspx%3Frid%3D9914 Coastal forests of Eastern Africa]. IUCN (IUCN Forest Conservation Programme, NORAD (Norway), Conservation International). xiii, 443 pp. {{ISBN|2-8317-0436-7}}. [https://books.google.com/books?id=hGRub9iG6FkC&dq=Rhachistia%20rhodotaenia&pg=PT431 Appendix 8].

;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

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  • 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