Pachnodus

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

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

Distribution[]

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

Species[]

Species within the genus Pachnodus include:

subgenus Pachnodus

  • Gerlach, 1994[3]
  • Bourguignat, 1890
  • Von Mol & Coppois, 1980[3]
  • (Dufo, 1840)
    • Pachnodus niger niger (Dufo, 1840)[3]
    • Pachnodus niger subfuscus Gerlach, 1994[3]
  • Pachnodus velutinus (Pfeiffer, 1942)[3]
  • Pachnodus niger × velutinus[3]
  • Bourguignat, 1890

subgenus

  • Von Mol & Coppois, 1980[3]
  • Von Mol & Coppois, 1980[3]
  • (Dufo, 1840)[3]
  • Pachnodus ornatus var. biornatus [3]
  • Gerlach, 1994[3]
  • Gerlach, 1990[3]
  • Von Mol & Coppois, 1980[3]

References[]

  1. ^ Martens (1860) Helic., ed. 2, 230.
  2. ^ a b MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Pachnodus E. von Martens, 1860. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2020-12-31
  3. ^ 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.
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