This article is about the genus of land snails. For the morphological term, see
Rachis. For the king of the Lombards, see
Ratchis. For the Romanian village of Rachiş, see
Mirăslău.
This genus is also spelled as “Rhachis” as a
synonym.[3] Rachis is a Latinised version of rhachis (a midrib or ridge) or rhachos (a thorn or thorn bush), both of which are Greek nouns of feminine gender.[2]
Rachis aldabrae (E. von Martens, 1898): synonym of Rhachistia aldabrae (E. von Martens, 1898) (unaccepted combination)
Rachis badiolus: synonym of Rachis badiola (Morelet, 1881) (incorrect grammatical agreement of specific epithet)
Rachis bidwilli (Cox, 1868): synonym of Rhachistia histrio (L. Pfeiffer, 1855)
Rachis bloyeti Bourguignat, 1890: synonym of Rhachidina braunsii (E. von Martens, 1869): synonym of Rhachistia braunsii (E. von Martens, 1869) (junior synonym)
Rachis boehmi (E. von Martens, 1895): synonym of Rhachistia boehmi (E. von Martens, 1895)
Rachis fagotianus: synonym of Rachis fagotiana (Ancey, 1885) (incorrect grammatical agreement of specific epithet)
Rachis hieroglyphicus Preston, 1910: synonym of Rachis hieroglyphica Preston, 1910 (incorrect grammatical agreement of specific epithet)
Rachis hispida (Greeff, 1882): synonym of Aporachis hispida (Greeff, 1882)
Rachis ingenuus: synonym of Rachis ingenua (Morelet, 1864) (incorrect grammatical agreement of specific epithet)
Rachis jouberti Bourguignat, 1890: synonym of Rhachidina braunsii var. succincta (E. von Martens, 1879): synonym of Rhachistia braunsii (E. von Martens, 1869)
^Melvill, J. C. & Ponsonby, J. H. (1893). Descriptions of twenty new species of terrestrial and fluviatile Mollusca from South Africa. Annals and Magazine of Natural History, 12(68), 103–112.
^Anton, H. E. (1839). Verzeichniss der Conchylien welche sien in der Sammlung. Halle: Eduard Anton.
^Pfeiffer, L. (1855). Description of thirty-eight new species of Helicea, from the collection of H. Cuming, Esq. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, 23, 91–101.
Bank, R. A. (2017). Classification of the Recent terrestrial Gastropoda of the World. Last update: 16 July 2017
This article is about the genus of land snails. For the morphological term, see
Rachis. For the king of the Lombards, see
Ratchis. For the Romanian village of Rachiş, see
Mirăslău.
This genus is also spelled as “Rhachis” as a
synonym.[3] Rachis is a Latinised version of rhachis (a midrib or ridge) or rhachos (a thorn or thorn bush), both of which are Greek nouns of feminine gender.[2]
Rachis aldabrae (E. von Martens, 1898): synonym of Rhachistia aldabrae (E. von Martens, 1898) (unaccepted combination)
Rachis badiolus: synonym of Rachis badiola (Morelet, 1881) (incorrect grammatical agreement of specific epithet)
Rachis bidwilli (Cox, 1868): synonym of Rhachistia histrio (L. Pfeiffer, 1855)
Rachis bloyeti Bourguignat, 1890: synonym of Rhachidina braunsii (E. von Martens, 1869): synonym of Rhachistia braunsii (E. von Martens, 1869) (junior synonym)
Rachis boehmi (E. von Martens, 1895): synonym of Rhachistia boehmi (E. von Martens, 1895)
Rachis fagotianus: synonym of Rachis fagotiana (Ancey, 1885) (incorrect grammatical agreement of specific epithet)
Rachis hieroglyphicus Preston, 1910: synonym of Rachis hieroglyphica Preston, 1910 (incorrect grammatical agreement of specific epithet)
Rachis hispida (Greeff, 1882): synonym of Aporachis hispida (Greeff, 1882)
Rachis ingenuus: synonym of Rachis ingenua (Morelet, 1864) (incorrect grammatical agreement of specific epithet)
Rachis jouberti Bourguignat, 1890: synonym of Rhachidina braunsii var. succincta (E. von Martens, 1879): synonym of Rhachistia braunsii (E. von Martens, 1869)
^Melvill, J. C. & Ponsonby, J. H. (1893). Descriptions of twenty new species of terrestrial and fluviatile Mollusca from South Africa. Annals and Magazine of Natural History, 12(68), 103–112.
^Anton, H. E. (1839). Verzeichniss der Conchylien welche sien in der Sammlung. Halle: Eduard Anton.
^Pfeiffer, L. (1855). Description of thirty-eight new species of Helicea, from the collection of H. Cuming, Esq. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, 23, 91–101.
Bank, R. A. (2017). Classification of the Recent terrestrial Gastropoda of the World. Last update: 16 July 2017