Rhachistia rhodotaenia
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Rhachistia rhodotaenia is a species of air-breathing land snail
, a pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Cerastidae
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Rhachistia rhodotaenia is the type species
of the genus Rhachistia
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(1909) Die Molluskenausbeute der Erlangerschen Reise in Nordost-Afrika. Ein Beitrag zur Molluskengeographie von Afrika. Frankfurt am Main. page 16, Table 2 figure 7-17.
Land snail
A land snail is any of the many species of snail that live on land, as opposed to those that live in salt water and fresh water. Land snails are terrestrial gastropod mollusks that have shells, It is not always an easy matter to say which species are terrestrial, because some are more or less...
, a pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Cerastidae
Cerastidae
Cerastidae is a family of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks.- Taxonomy :The Cerastidae family is classified within the informal group Orthurethra, itself belonging to the clade Stylommatophora within the clade Eupulmonata .The family Cerastidae has no...
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Rhachistia rhodotaenia is the type species
Type species
In biological nomenclature, a type species is both a concept and a practical system which is used in the classification and nomenclature of animals and plants. The value of a "type species" lies in the fact that it makes clear what is meant by a particular genus name. A type species is the species...
of the genus Rhachistia
Rhachistia
Rhachistia is a genus of pulmonate land snail, a gastropod mollusk in the family Cerastidae.Genus Rhachistia is distributed in Eastern Africa and Asia.- Species :Species in the genus Rhachistia include:...
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Further reading
Kobelt W.Wilhelm Kobelt
Wilhelm Kobelt was a German zoologist born in Alsfeld, Grand Duchy of Hesse. He specialized in the field of malacology.Kobelt is remembered for his work as curator of the Senckenberg Museum in Frankfurt am Main....
(1909) Die Molluskenausbeute der Erlangerschen Reise in Nordost-Afrika. Ein Beitrag zur Molluskengeographie von Afrika. Frankfurt am Main. page 16, Table 2 figure 7-17.