''Pachnodus'' is a
genus of air-breathing
land snail
A land snail is any of the numerous species of snail that live on land, as opposed to the sea snails and freshwater snails. ''Land snail'' is the common name for terrestrial gastropod mollusks that have shells (those without shells are known as ...
s,
terrestrial pulmonate
Pulmonata or pulmonates, is an informal group (previously an order, and before that a subclass) of snails and slugs characterized by the ability to breathe air, by virtue of having a pallial lung instead of a gill, or gills. The group includ ...
gastropod
The gastropods (), commonly known as snails and slugs, belong to a large taxonomic class of invertebrates within the phylum Mollusca called Gastropoda ().
This class comprises snails and slugs from saltwater, from freshwater, and from land. T ...
mollusks in the family
Cerastidae.
[MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Pachnodus E. von Martens, 1860. Accessed through]
World Register of Marine Species
on 2020-12-31
Distribution
The genus ''Pachnodus'' is
endemic to the
Seychelles.
[Gerlach J. (1999). "Snails of the genus ''Pachnodus'' (Mollusca; Gastropoda; Enidae): their origins and evolution". '']Journal of Biogeography
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'' 26(2): 251-255.
JSTOR
Species
Species within the genus ''Pachnodus'' include:
subgenus ''Pachnodus''
* ''
Pachnodus becketti'' Gerlach, 1994
* ''
Pachnodus leroyi
''Pachnodus'' is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Cerastidae.MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Pachnodus E. von Martens, 1860. Accessed throughWorld Register of Marine Specieso ...
''
Bourguignat, 1890
* ''
Pachnodus lionneti'' Von Mol & Coppois, 1980
* ''
Pachnodus niger'' (Dufo, 1840)
** ''Pachnodus niger niger'' (Dufo, 1840)
** ''Pachnodus niger subfuscus'' Gerlach, 1994
* † ''
Pachnodus velutinus'' (Pfeiffer, 1942)
* ''Pachnodus niger × velutinus''
* ''
Pachnodus sesamorum''
Bourguignat, 1890
subgenus ''
Nesiocerastus''
* ''
Pachnodus fregatensis'' Von Mol & Coppois, 1980
* ''
Pachnodus kantilali'' Von Mol & Coppois, 1980
* ''
Pachnodus ornatus'' (Dufo, 1840)
* ''Pachnodus ornatus'' var. ''biornatus''
* ''
Pachnodus oxoniensis'' Gerlach, 1994
* ''
Pachnodus praslinus
''Pachnodus'' is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Cerastidae.MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Pachnodus E. von Martens, 1860. Accessed throughWorld Register of Marine Specieso ...
'' Gerlach, 1990
* ''
Pachnodus silbouettanus
''Pachnodus'' is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Cerastidae.MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Pachnodus E. von Martens, 1860. Accessed throughWorld Register of Marine Specieso ...
'' Von Mol & Coppois, 1980
References
{{Taxonbar, from=Q7122053
Cerastidae
Taxonomy articles created by Polbot