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Rhachistia catenata

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Rhachistia catenata
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Stylommatophora
Family: Cerastidae
Genus: Rhachistia
Species:
R. catenata
Binomial name
Rhachistia catenata
(E. von Martens, 1860)[1]
Synonyms

Buliminus (Rhachis) braunsii

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]

Description

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Distribution

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This species occurs in Africa. The type locality is contained in Mozambique.

References

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  1. ^ "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Rhachistia catenata (E. von Martens, 1860)". www.marinespecies.org. Retrieved 9 August 2022.
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ 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.
  4. ^ 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.
  5. ^ 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