Rhachistia rhodotaenia

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

Rhachistia rhodotaenia
Drawing of apertural and abapertural view of the shell of Rhachistia rhodotaenia.
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
Order: Stylommatophora
Family: Cerastidae
Genus: Rhachistia
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

Distribution

This species occurs in Africa.

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Further reading


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