Biology:Rhachistia rhodotaenia

Short description: Species of gastropod

Rhachistia rhodotaenia
Drawing of apertural and abapertural view of the shell of Rhachistia rhodotaenia.
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Heterobranchia clade Euthyneura clade Panpulmonata clade Eupulmonata clade Stylommatophora informal group Orthurethra
Superfamily:	Enoidea
Family:	Cerastidae
Genus:	Rhachistia
Species:	R. rhodotaenia
Binomial name
Rhachistia rhodotaenia (von Martens, 1869)
Synonyms
Buliminus (Rhachis) rhodotaenia von Martens, 1869 Rachis (Rachis) rhodotaenia von Martens, 1869

Rhachistia rhodotaenia is a species of air-breathing land snail, a pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Cerastidae.

Rhachistia rhodotaenia is the type species of the genus Rhachistia.

Distribution

This species occurs in Africa.

Further reading

• (in German) Kobelt W. (1909) Die Molluskenausbeute der Erlangerschen Reise in Nordost-Afrika. Ein Beitrag zur Molluskengeographie von Afrika. Frankfurt am Main. page 16, Table 2 figure 7-17.

Wikidata ☰ Q7320023 entry