Pachnodus
Genus of gastropods
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Pachnodus is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Cerastidae.[2]
| Pachnodus | |
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| Pachnodus praslinus | |
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| Pachnodus niger | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| 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 velutinus (Pfeiffer, 1942)[3]
- Pachnodus niger × velutinus[3]
- Pachnodus sesamorum Bourguignat, 1890
subgenus Nesiocerastus