Pachnodus

Pachnodus
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 Martens, 1860^[1]

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

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 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]

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]

References

↑ Martens (1860) Helic., ed. 2, 230.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 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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