Rhachistia

Rhachistia is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod molluscs in the family Cerastidae.

The genus Rhachistia is found in Eastern Africa and Asia.

Species
Species in the genus Rhachistia include:
 * Rhachistia adumbratus (L. Pfeiffer, 1855)
 * Rhachistia aldabrae (von Martens, 1898) - Aldabra banded snail - assumed extinct since 2000, small population found 2014
 * Rhachistia bengalensis (Lamarck, 1822)
 * Rhachistia boehmi (E. von Martens, 1895)
 * Rhachistia braunsii (von Martens, 1869) (synonym: Rhachidina braunsi (von Martens, 1869) )
 * Rhachistia catenata (E. von Martens, 1860)
 * Rhachistia chiradzuluensis (E.A. Smith, 1899)
 * Rhachistia conformalis Sutcharit, Naggs & Panha, 2010
 * Rhachistia dubiosa (Sturany, 1898)
 * Rhachistia erlangeri (Kobelt, 1910)
 * Rhachistia festiva (Connolly, 1925)
 * Rhachistia ganalensis (Kobelt, 1910)
 * Rhachistia hildebandti (von Martens, 1878)
 * Rhachistia histrio (Pfeiffer, 1855)
 * Rhachistia infracincta (Gould, 1850)
 * Rhachistia lilacina Connolly, 1930
 * Rhachistia melanacme (L. Pfeiffer, 1855)
 * Rhachistia moluensis (Kobelt, 1910)
 * Rhachistia mozambicensis (L. Pfeiffer, 1846)
 * Rhachistia picturata (Morelet, 1889)
 * Rhachistia praetermissa (W. T. Blanford & H. F. Blanford, 1861)
 * Rhachistia pulchra (Gray, 1825)
 * Rhachistia rhodotaenia (von Martens, 1901) - type species of the genus Rhachistia
 * Rhachistia rochebruniana (Bourguignat, 1883)
 * Rhachistia rorkorensis (Kobelt, 1910 )
 * Rhachistia sanguinea (Benson, 1857)
 * Rhachistia spilogramma (E. von Martens, 1860)
 * Rhachistia sticta (E. von Martens, 1860)
 * Rhachistia sulphurea (Tomlin & Peile, 1930)
 * Rhachistia trutta (W. T. Blanford, 1866)
 * Rhachistia vesiculata (Benson, 1859)
 * Synonyms:
 * Rhachistia praetermissus (W. T. Blanford & H. F. Blanford, 1861) : synonym of Rhachistia praetermissa (W. T. Blanford & H. F. Blanford, 1861) (incorrect gender ending)
 * Rhachistia pulcher (Gray, 1825) : synonym of Rhachistia pulchra (Gray, 1825) (incorrect gender ending)
 * Rhachistia sanguineus (Benson, 1857) : synonym of Rhachistia sanguinea (Benson, 1857 ) (incorrect grammatical agreement of specific epithet)
 * Rhachistia vesiculatus (Benson, 1859) : synonym of Rhachistia vesiculata (Benson, 1859) (incorrect grammatical agreement of specific epithet)