Rhachistia
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Rhachistia is a genus of pulmonate land snail
, a gastropod mollusk in the family Cerastidae
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Genus Rhachistia is distributed in Eastern Africa and Asia
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Land snail
A land snail is any of the many species of snail that live on land, as opposed to those that live in salt water and fresh water. Land snails are terrestrial gastropod mollusks that have shells, It is not always an easy matter to say which species are terrestrial, because some are more or less...
, a gastropod mollusk in the family Cerastidae
Cerastidae
Cerastidae is a family of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks.- Taxonomy :The Cerastidae family is classified within the informal group Orthurethra, itself belonging to the clade Stylommatophora within the clade Eupulmonata .The family Cerastidae has no...
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Genus Rhachistia is distributed in Eastern Africa and Asia
Asia
Asia is the world's largest and most populous continent, located primarily in the eastern and northern hemispheres. It covers 8.7% of the Earth's total surface area and with approximately 3.879 billion people, it hosts 60% of the world's current human population...
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Species
Species in the genus Rhachistia include:- Rhachistia aldabrae (von Martens, 1898) - Aldabra banded snailAldabra banded snailThe †Aldabra banded snail, scientific name Rhachistia aldabrae, was a species of land snail, a pulmonate gastropod mollusc in the family Cerastidae. It lived on one atoll in the Seychelles Islands, Indian Ocean, and was easily recognizable because of its purplish blue banded shell...
- extinct since 2000. - Rhachistia festiva (Connolly)
- Rhachistia hildebrandti (von Martens)
- Rhachistia histria (Pfeiffer, 1855)
- Rhachistia lilacina Connolly
- Rhachistia moluensis (Kobelt)
- Rhachistia picturata (Morelet)
- Rhachistia rhodotaeniaRhachistia rhodotaeniaRhachistia 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....
(von Martens, 1901) - type species of the genus Rhachistia - Rhachistia obeliscus (C. R. Boettger)