Rhachistia catenata

Rhachistia catenata
Scientific 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)
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

Distribution

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

References

^ "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

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[WoRMS-1] "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Rhachistia catenata (E. von Martens, 1860)". www.marinespecies.org. Retrieved 9 August 2022.

[Muratov-2] 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

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