Rhachistia

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Kingdom Animalia Class Gastropoda Superfamily Enoidea Rank Genus		Phylum Mollusca Order Pulmonata Family Cerastidae

Similar Aldabra banded snail, Cerastidae, Gulella, Aldabra brush warbler, Tropidophora

Rhachistia is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Cerastidae.

The genus Rhachistia is found in Eastern Africa and Asia.

Species

Species in the genus Rhachistia include:

Rhachistia aldabrae (von Martens, 1898) - Aldabra banded snail - assumed extinct since 2000, small population found 2014

Rhachistia festiva (Connolly)

Rhachistia hildebrandti (von Martens)

Rhachistia histria (Pfeiffer, 1855)

Rhachistia lilacina Connolly

Rhachistia moluensis (Kobelt)

Rhachistia picturata (Morelet)

Rhachistia rhodotaenia (von Martens, 1901) - type species of the genus Rhachistia

Rhachistia obeliscus (C. R. Boettger)

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