Pachnodus

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

Pachnodus
Pachnodus velutinus shells
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:
Pachnodus

Distribution

The genus Pachnodus is endemic to the Seychelles.[2]

Species

Species within the genus Pachnodus include:

subgenus Pachnodus

  • Pachnodus becketti Gerlach, 1994[2]
  • Pachnodus leroyi Bourguignat, 1890
  • Pachnodus lionneti Von Mol & Coppois, 1980[2]
  • Pachnodus niger (Dufo, 1840)
    • Pachnodus niger niger (Dufo, 1840)[2]
    • Pachnodus niger subfuscus Gerlach, 1994[2]
  • † Pachnodus velutinus (Pfeiffer, 1942)[2]
  • Pachnodus niger × velutinus[2]
  • Pachnodus sesamorum Bourguignat, 1890

subgenus Nesiocerastus

  • Pachnodus fregatensis Von Mol & Coppois, 1980[2]
  • Pachnodus kantilali Von Mol & Coppois, 1980[2]
  • Pachnodus ornatus (Dufo, 1840)[2]
  • Pachnodus ornatus var. biornatus [2]
  • Pachnodus oxoniensis Gerlach, 1994[2]
  • Pachnodus praslinus Gerlach, 1990[2]
  • Pachnodus silbouettanus Von Mol & Coppois, 1980[2]
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References
  1. Martens (1860) Helic., ed. 2, 230.
  2. 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.
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