Rhachis comorensis

Rhachis comorensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Heterobranchia

clade Euthyneura
clade Panpulmonata
clade Eupulmonata
clade Stylommatophora
informal group Orthurethra

Superfamily: Enoidea
Family: Cerastidae
Genus: Rhachis
Species: R. comorensis
Binomial name
Rhachis comorensis

Rhachis comorensis is an extinct species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the superfamily Enoidea. This species was endemic to Mayotte, an island in the Indian Ocean.

References

  1. Mollusc Specialist Group (1996) Rhachis comorensis. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 7 August 2007.


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