Rachis (gastropod)
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Genus: | Rachis Albers, 1850[1]
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Rachis is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Cerastidae. This genus is also spelled as “Rhachis”as a synonym.[2]
Species
- Rachis jejuna (Melvill & Ponsonby, 1893)[3]
- Rachis petersi (Pfeiffer, 1855)[4]
- Rachis punctata (Anton, 1838)[5]
- Rachis tulearensis Fischer-Piette, 1964[6]
References
- ^ Albers, J. C. (1850). Die Heliceen, nach natürlicher Verwandtschaft systematisch geordnet. Berlin: Th. Chr. Fr. Enslin.
- ^ "WMDSB-Cerastidae". Cerastidae.
- ^ Melvill, J. C. & Ponsonby, J. H. (1893). Descriptions of twenty new species of terrestrial and fluviatile Mollusca from South Africa. Annals and Magazine of Natural History, 12(68), 103–112.
- ^ Pfeiffer, L. (1855). Description of thirty-eight new species of Helicea, from the collection of H. Cuming, Esq. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, 23, 91–101.
- ^ Anton, H. E. (1839). Verzeichniss der Conchylien welche sien in der Sammlung. Halle: Eduard Anton.
- ^ "WMDSB-Cerastidae". Rhachis tulearensis.