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Rachis Albers, 1850
995163 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:995163)
accepted
Genus
Bulimus pallens Jonas, 1843 accepted as Rachis pallens (Jonas, 1843) (type by subsequent designation)
Buliminus (Rachis) Albers, 1850 · unaccepted > superseded rank
Buliminus (Rhachis) Connolly, 1925 · unaccepted > unjustified emendation
Bulimus (Rachis) Albers, 1850 · unaccepted (original rank)
Bulimus (Rhachis) Connolly, 1925 · unaccepted > unjustified emendation
Ena (Rachisellus) Bourguignat, 1890 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Rachis (Rachis) Albers, 1850 · unaccepted
Rachisellus Bourguignat, 1890 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Rhachis Connolly, 1925 · unaccepted > unjustified emendation
- Species Rachis ambongoensis Fischer-Piette, 1964
- Species Rachis aurea (Heude, 1890)
- Species Rachis badiola (Morelet, 1881)
- Species Rachis bewsheri (Morelet, 1877)
- Species Rachis comorensis (Morelet, 1881)
- Species Rachis cunctatoris van Bruggen, 1975
- Species Rachis electrina (Morelet, 1864)
- Species Rachis elongatula Bourguignat, 1890
- Species Rachis fagotiana (Ancey, 1885)
- Species Rachis genalensis Kobelt, 1910
- Species Rachis gracillima F. Haas, 1936
- Species Rachis humbloti (Morelet, 1888) (accepted > unreplaced junior homonym)
- Species Rachis ingenua (Morelet, 1864)
- Species Rachis jejuna (Melvill & Ponsonby, 1893)
- Species Rachis nigrilineata (Reeve, 1849)
- Species Rachis obeliscus C. R. Boettger, 1913
- Species Rachis pachistoma Bourguignat, 1890
- Species Rachis punctata (Anton, 1838)
- Species Rachis stahlbergi C. R. Boettger, 1913
- Species Rachis stevenlieana Thach & Abbas, 2023
- Species Rachis tulearensis Fischer-Piette, 1964
- Species Rachis venusta (Morelet, 1861)
- Species Rachis zonulata (L. Pfeiffer, 1846)
- Species Rachis hieroglyphica Preston, 1910 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
- Species Rachis pallens (Jonas, 1843) (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
- Subgenus Rachis (Pleurorhachis) Connolly, 1939 accepted as Pleurorhachis Connolly, 1939 (unaccepted > superseded rank)
- Species Rachis (Pleurorhachis) petersi (L. Pfeiffer, 1855) accepted as Pleurorhachis petersi (L. Pfeiffer, 1855) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Subgenus Rachis (Rachis) Albers, 1850 accepted as Rachis Albers, 1850
- Species Rachis (Rachis) rhodotaenia (E. von Martens, 1869) accepted as Rhachistia rhodotaenia (E. von Martens, 1869)
- Species Rachis (Rachis) sanguineus (W. H. Benson, 1857) accepted as Rhachistia sanguinea (W. H. Benson, 1857) (incorrect grammatical agreement of specific epithet)
- Species Rachis (Rachis) venustus (Morelet, 1861) accepted as Rachis venusta (Morelet, 1861) (incorrect grammatical agreement of specific epithet)
- Species Rachis aldabrae (E. von Martens, 1898) accepted as Rhachistia aldabrae (E. von Martens, 1898) (unaccepted combination)
- Species Rachis badiolus accepted as Rachis badiola (Morelet, 1881) (incorrect grammatical agreement of specific epithet)
- Species Rachis bengalensis (Lamarck, 1822) accepted as Rhachistia bengalensis (Lamarck, 1822) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Rachis bidwilli (J. C. Cox, 1868) accepted as Rachispeculum bidwilli (J. C. Cox, 1868) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Rachis bloyeti Bourguignat, 1890 accepted as Rhachidina braunsii (E. von Martens, 1869) accepted as Rhachistia braunsii (E. von Martens, 1869) (junior synonym)
- Species Rachis boehmi (E. von Martens, 1895) accepted as Rhachistia boehmi (E. von Martens, 1895)
- Species Rachis braunsii (E. von Martens, 1869) accepted as Rhachistia braunsii (E. von Martens, 1869) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Rachis burnayi (Dohrn, 1866) accepted as Gittenedouardia burnayi (Dohrn, 1866)
- Species Rachis burtoi (Bourguignat, 1890) accepted as Rachis punctata (Anton, 1838) (junior synonym)
- Species Rachis catenata (E. von Martens, 1860) accepted as Rhachistia catenata (E. von Martens, 1860) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Rachis chalcedonica (Gredler, 1887) accepted as Mirus chalcedonicus (Gredler, 1887) (unaccepted combination)
- Species Rachis dohrni (Greeff, 1882) accepted as Aporachis dohrni (Greeff, 1882)
- Species Rachis eminula (Morelet, 1848) accepted as Gittenedouardia eminula (Morelet, 1848)
- Species Rachis erlangeri Kobelt, 1910 accepted as Rhachistia erlangeri (Kobelt, 1910) (unaccepted combination)
- Species Rachis fagotianus accepted as Rachis fagotiana (Ancey, 1885) (incorrect grammatical agreement of specific epithet)
- Species Rachis hieroglyphicus Preston, 1910 accepted as Rachis hieroglyphica Preston, 1910 (incorrect grammatical agreement of specific epithet)
- Species Rachis hispida (Greeff, 1882) accepted as Aporachis hispida (Greeff, 1882)
- Species Rachis ingenuus accepted as Rachis ingenua (Morelet, 1864) (incorrect grammatical agreement of specific epithet)
- Species Rachis jouberti Bourguignat, 1890 accepted as Rhachidina braunsii var. succincta (E. von Martens, 1879) accepted as Rhachistia braunsii (E. von Martens, 1869)
- Species Rachis libbahensis (Tomlin, 1910) accepted as Zebrinops libbahensis (Tomlin, 1910)
- Species Rachis moluensis Kobelt, 1910 accepted as Rhachistia moluensis (Kobelt, 1910)
- Species Rachis nigrilineatus (Reeve, 1849) accepted as Rachis nigrilineata (Reeve, 1849) (incorrect grammatical agreement of specific epithet)
- Species Rachis onychinus (Heude, 1885) accepted as Sinorachis onychinus (Heude, 1885) (unaccepted combination)
- Species Rachis petersi (L. Pfeiffer, 1855) accepted as Pleurorhachis petersi (L. Pfeiffer, 1855) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Rachis punctatus (Anton, 1838) accepted as Rachis punctata (Anton, 1838) (unaccepted > incorrect grammatical agreement of specific epithet)
- Species Rachis rorkorensis Kobelt, 1910 accepted as Rhachistia rorkorensis (Kobelt, 1910)
- Species Rachis succincta (E. von Martens, 1879) accepted as Rhachistia braunsii (E. von Martens, 1869) (junior synonym)
- Species Rachis turricula Preston, 1911 accepted as Gittenedouardia turricula (Preston, 1911) (original combination)
- Species Rachis venustus (Morelet, 1861) accepted as Rachis venusta (Morelet, 1861) (incorrect grammatical agreement of specific epithet)
- Species Rachis vesiculatus (W. H. Benson, 1859) accepted as Rhachistia vesiculata (W. H. Benson, 1859) (incorrect grammatical agreement of specific epithet)
- Species Rachis vicinus Preston, 1910 accepted as Rhachistia chiradzuluensis (E. A. Smith, 1899) (junior synonym)
- Species Rachis virginea Preston, 1911 accepted as Rhachistia chiradzuluensis var. virginea (Preston, 1911) (original combination)
feminine
(of Bulimus (Rachis) Albers, 1850) Albers, J. C. (1850). Die Heliceen nach natürlicher Verwandtschaft systematisch geordnet. <em>Berlin: Enslin.</em> 262 pp., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11965983
page(s): 182 [details]
page(s): 182 [details]
Nomenclature Rachis is a Latinised version of rhachis (a midrib or ridge) or rhachos (a thorn or thorn bush), both of which are Greek...
Nomenclature 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. [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Rachis Albers, 1850. Accessed at: https://molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=995163 on 2026-07-02
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original description
(of Rachisellus Bourguignat, 1890) Bourguignat, J.-R. (1890). Mollusques de l'Afrique équatoriale de Moguedouchou à Bagamoyo et de Bagamoyo au Tanganika. 1-229, pls 1-8. Book dated 1889, publication date 1890., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12909251
page(s): 68 [details]
original description (of Bulimus (Rachis) Albers, 1850) Albers, J. C. (1850). Die Heliceen nach natürlicher Verwandtschaft systematisch geordnet. <em>Berlin: Enslin.</em> 262 pp., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11965983
page(s): 182 [details]
original description (of Rhachis Connolly, 1925) Connolly, M. (1925). The non-marine Mollusca of Portuguese East Africa. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Africa, 12 (3): 105-220, pl. 4-8. Cape Town. [March].
page(s): 158 [details] Available for editors
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basis of record Schileyko, A. A. (1998). Treatise on Recent terrestrial pulmonate molluscs. Part 2. Gastrocoptidae, Hypselostomatidae, Vertiginidae, Truncatellinidae, Pachnodidae, Enidae, Sagdidae. <em>Ruthenica.</em> Supplement 2: 129-261. Moskva [November].
page(s): 174 [details]
page(s): 68 [details]
original description (of Bulimus (Rachis) Albers, 1850) Albers, J. C. (1850). Die Heliceen nach natürlicher Verwandtschaft systematisch geordnet. <em>Berlin: Enslin.</em> 262 pp., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11965983
page(s): 182 [details]
original description (of Rhachis Connolly, 1925) Connolly, M. (1925). The non-marine Mollusca of Portuguese East Africa. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Africa, 12 (3): 105-220, pl. 4-8. Cape Town. [March].
page(s): 158 [details] Available for editors
basis of record Schileyko, A. A. (1998). Treatise on Recent terrestrial pulmonate molluscs. Part 2. Gastrocoptidae, Hypselostomatidae, Vertiginidae, Truncatellinidae, Pachnodidae, Enidae, Sagdidae. <em>Ruthenica.</em> Supplement 2: 129-261. Moskva [November].
page(s): 174 [details]
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Nomenclature 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. [details]