Pachnodus

Pachnodus is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Cerastidae. [2]

Pachnodus
Pachnodus velutinus shell
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
Superorder: Eupulmonata
Order: Stylommatophora
Infraorder: Pupilloidei
Superfamily: Pupilloidea
Family: Cerastidae
Genus: Pachnodus
Martens, 1860[1]

Distribution

The genus Pachnodus is endemic to the Seychelles.[3]

Species

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 niger niger (Dufo, 1840)[3]
    • Pachnodus niger subfuscus Gerlach, 1994[3]
  • † 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
  1. Martens (1860) Helic., ed. 2, 230.
  2. MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Pachnodus E. von Martens, 1860. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=995158 on 2020-12-31
  3. 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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