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
|synonyms =
- Eorrhachis Tomlin & Peile, 1930
- Rachispeculum Iredale, 1933
- Rachistia (misspelling)
}}
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].
- 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)){{cite web |title=WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Rhachidina braunsii (E. von Martens, 1869) |url=https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1292982 |website=www.marinespecies.org |access-date=27 October 2021}}
- Rhachistia catenata (E. von Martens, 1860){{Cite journal|last=Muratov|first=Igor V.|date=2012|title=Terrestrial Molluscs of Cabo Delgado and Adjacent Inland Areas of North-Eastern Mozambique|journal=African Invertebrates|language=en|volume=51|issue=2|pages=255–288|doi=10.5733/afin.051.0203|issn=1681-5556|doi-access=free}}
- 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
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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
External links
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- [https://doi.org/10.3853/j.0067-1975.19.1933.690 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
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