Pachnodus velutinus
Species of gastropod
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Pachnodus velutinus was a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Cerastidae. This species was endemic to the Seychelles. It is now extinct.
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| Pachnodus velutinus | |
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| Pachnodus velutinus shells | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Order: | Stylommatophora |
| Family: | Cerastidae |
| Genus: | Pachnodus |
| Species: | †P. velutinus |
| Binomial name | |
| †Pachnodus velutinus (Pfeiffer, 1841) | |
Hybridisation with Pachnodus niger caused the extinction.[1] Hybrids Pachnodus niger × velutinus still exist.