Rhachistia

Rhachistia is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Cerastidae. [2]

Rhachistia
Drawing of apertural and abapertural view of the shell of Rhachistia rhodotaenia.
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
Order: Stylommatophora
Infraorder: Pupilloidei
Superfamily: Pupilloidea
Family: Cerastidae
Genus: Rhachistia
Connolly, 1922[1]
Type species
Buliminus (Rhachis) rhodotaenia E. von Martens, 1869
Synonyms[2]
  • Eorrhachis Tomlin & Peile, 1930
  • Rachispeculum Iredale, 1933
  • Rachistia (misspelling)

The genus Rhachistia is found in Eastern Africa and Asia.

Species

Species 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
  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. 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
  3. 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.
  4. "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Rhachidina braunsii (E. von Martens, 1869)". www.marinespecies.org. Retrieved 27 October 2021.
  5. 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
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