Rhachistia catenata is a species of air-breathing land snail, a pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Cerastidae.[2] It was subsequently re-described as Buliminus (Rhachis) braunsii in 1869 when found in Zanzibar.[2]
| Rhachistia catenata | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Order: | Stylommatophora |
| Family: | Cerastidae |
| Genus: | Rhachistia |
| Species: | R. catenata
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| Binomial name | |
| Rhachistia catenata (E. von Martens, 1860)[1]
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| Synonyms | |
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Buliminus (Rhachis) braunsii | |
Description
editDistribution
editThis species occurs in Africa. The type locality is contained in Mozambique.
References
edit- ^ "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Rhachistia catenata (E. von Martens, 1860)". www.marinespecies.org. Retrieved 9 August 2022.
- ^ a b Muratov, Igor V. (2010). "Terrestrial Molluscs of Cabo Delgado and Adjacent Inland Areas of North-Eastern Mozambique". African Invertebrates. 51 (2): 255–288. doi:10.5733/afin.051.0203. ISSN 1681-5556. S2CID 86655554.
- ^ Martens, E.C.v. 1869. Seesterne und Seeigel von Sancibar. In: C.C.v.d. Decken (Hrsg.), Reisen in Ost-Afrika in 1859-61. Wissenschaftlicher Theil. Dritter Band, Erste Abtheilung, pp. xii+169. C.F. Winter'sche Verlagshandlung; Leipzig & Heidelberg.
- ^ Bacci, G. (1951). Elementi per una malacofauna dell'Abissinia e della Somalia. Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale Giacomo Doria, 65: 1-145. Genova.
- ^ Connolly, M. (1925). The non-marine Mollusca of Portuguese East Africa. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Africa, 12 (3): 105-220, pl. 4-8. Cape Town