Rhachistia rhodotaenia

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

Rhachistia rhodotaenia
Drawing of apertural and abapertural view of the shell of Rhachistia rhodotaenia.
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Phylum:
Class:
(unranked):
clade Heterobranchia

clade Euthyneura
clade Panpulmonata
clade Eupulmonata
clade Stylommatophora

informal group Orthurethra
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Family:
Genus:
Species:
R. rhodotaenia
Binomial name
Rhachistia rhodotaenia
Synonyms
  • Buliminus (Rhachis) rhodotaenia von Martens, 1869
  • Rachis (Rachis) rhodotaenia von Martens, 1869 [1]

Rhachistia rhodotaenia is the type species of the genus Rhachistia.

Description edit

Distribution edit

This species occurs in Africa.

References edit

  1. ^ a b "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Rhachistia rhodotaenia (E. von Martens, 1869)". www.marinespecies.org. Retrieved 9 August 2022.

Further reading edit