Rhachis sanguineus

Rhachis sanguineus
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. sanguineus
Binomial name
Rhachis sanguineus

Rhachis sanguineus is an extinct species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the superfamily Enoidea. This species was endemic to Mauritius.

References

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


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