Pachnodus is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Cerastidae.[2]
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| Pachnodus velutinus shell | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Heterobranchia |
| Order: | Stylommatophora |
| Infraorder: | Pupilloidei |
| Superfamily: | Pupilloidea |
| Family: | Cerastidae |
| Genus: | Pachnodus Martens, 1860[1] |
Distribution edit
The genus Pachnodus is endemic to the Seychelles.[3]
Species edit
Species within the genus Pachnodus include:
subgenus Pachnodus
- Pachnodus becketti Gerlach, 1994[3]
- Pachnodus leroyi Bourguignat, 1890
- Pachnodus lionneti Von Mol & Coppois, 1980[3]
- Pachnodus niger (Dufo, 1840)
- † Pachnodus velutinus (Pfeiffer, 1942)[3]
- Pachnodus niger × velutinus[3]
- Pachnodus sesamorum Bourguignat, 1890
subgenus Nesiocerastus
- Pachnodus fregatensis Von Mol & Coppois, 1980[3]
- Pachnodus kantilali Von Mol & Coppois, 1980[3]
- Pachnodus ornatus (Dufo, 1840)[3]
- Pachnodus ornatus var. biornatus [3]
- Pachnodus oxoniensis Gerlach, 1994[3]
- Pachnodus praslinus Gerlach, 1990[3]
- Pachnodus silbouettanus Von Mol & Coppois, 1980[3]
References edit
- ^ Martens (1860) Helic., ed. 2, 230.
- ^ a b MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Pachnodus E. von Martens, 1860. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2020-12-31
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n Gerlach J. (1999). "Snails of the genus Pachnodus (Mollusca; Gastropoda; Enidae): their origins and evolution". Journal of Biogeography 26(2): 251-255. doi:10.1046/j.1365-2699.1999.00259.x, JSTOR.