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Rhachistia
	Drawing of apertural and abapertural view of the shell of Rhachistia rhodotaenia.
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Order:	Stylommatophora
Infraorder:	Pupilloidei
Superfamily:	Pupilloidea
Family:	Cerastidae
Genus:	Rhachistia; Connolly, 1922
Type species
	Buliminus (Rhachis) rhodotaenia; E. von Martens, 1869
Synonyms
	Eorrhachis Tomlin & Peile, 1930; Rachispeculum Iredale, 1933; Rachistia (misspelling);

Rhachistia is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod molluscs in the family Cerastidae.^[2]

The genus Rhachistia is found in Eastern Africa and Asia.

Species

Species in the genus Rhachistia include:^[3]

Rhachistia adumbratus (L. Pfeiffer, 1855)
Rhachistia aldabrae (von Martens, 1898) - Aldabra banded snail - assumed extinct since 2000, small population found 2014
Rhachistia bengalensis (Lamarck, 1822)
Rhachistia boehmi (E. von Martens, 1895)
Rhachistia braunsii (von Martens, 1869) (synonym: Rhachidina braunsi (von Martens, 1869))^[4]
Rhachistia catenata (E. von Martens, 1860)^[5]
Rhachistia chiradzuluensis (E.A. Smith, 1899)
Rhachistia conformalis Sutcharit, Naggs & Panha, 2010
Rhachistia dubiosa (Sturany, 1898)
Rhachistia erlangeri (Kobelt, 1910)
Rhachistia festiva (Connolly, 1925)
Rhachistia ganalensis (Kobelt, 1910)
Rhachistia hildebandti (von Martens, 1878)
Rhachistia histrio (Pfeiffer, 1855)
Rhachistia infracincta (Gould, 1850)
Rhachistia lilacina Connolly, 1930
Rhachistia melanacme (L. Pfeiffer, 1855)
Rhachistia moluensis (Kobelt, 1910)
Rhachistia mozambicensis (L. Pfeiffer, 1846)
Rhachistia picturata (Morelet, 1889)
Rhachistia praetermissa (W. T. Blanford & H. F. Blanford, 1861)
Rhachistia pulchra (Gray, 1825)
Rhachistia rhodotaenia (von Martens, 1901) - type species of the genus Rhachistia
Rhachistia rochebruniana (Bourguignat, 1883)
Rhachistia rorkorensis (Kobelt, 1910)
Rhachistia sanguinea (Benson, 1857)
Rhachistia spilogramma (E. von Martens, 1860)
Rhachistia sticta (E. von Martens, 1860)
Rhachistia sulphurea (Tomlin & Peile, 1930)
Rhachistia trutta (W. T. Blanford, 1866)
Rhachistia vesiculata (Benson, 1859)

Rhachistia praetermissus (W. T. Blanford & H. F. Blanford, 1861): synonym of Rhachistia praetermissa (W. T. Blanford & H. F. Blanford, 1861) (incorrect gender ending)
Rhachistia pulcher (Gray, 1825): synonym of Rhachistia pulchra (Gray, 1825) (incorrect gender ending)
Rhachistia sanguineus (Benson, 1857): synonym of Rhachistia sanguinea (Benson, 1857) (incorrect grammatical agreement of specific epithet)
Rhachistia vesiculatus (Benson, 1859): synonym of Rhachistia vesiculata (Benson, 1859) (incorrect grammatical agreement of specific epithet)

^ Connolly M (1924). "The non-marine mollusca of Portuguese East Africa". Transactions of the Royal Society of South Africa. 12 (1): 105–215. doi:10.1080/00359192409519300.
^ ^a ^b MolluscaBase eds. (2022). MolluscaBase. Rhachistia Connolly, 1925. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=818528 on 2022-04-09
^ Burgess N. D. & Clarke G. P. (eds.) (2000) Coastal forests of Eastern Africa. IUCN (IUCN Forest Conservation Programme, NORAD (Norway), Conservation International). xiii, 443 pp. ISBN 2-8317-0436-7. Appendix 8.
^ "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Rhachidina braunsii (E. von Martens, 1869)". www.marinespecies.org. Retrieved 27 October 2021.
^ Muratov, Igor V. (2012). "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.

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.
Tomlin, J.R.; Peile, A.J. (1930). Eorrhachis a new genus of bulimoild snails. Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London. 19: 153-154
Iredale, T. (1933). Systematic notes on Australian land shells. Records of the Australian Museum. 19(1): 37-59