Pachnodus

Pachnodus
Pachnodus velutinus shells
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Heterobranchia

clade Euthyneura
clade Panpulmonata
clade Eupulmonata
clade Stylommatophora
informal group Orthurethra

Superfamily: Enoidea
Family: Cerastidae
Genus: Pachnodus
Martens, 1860[1]

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

Distribution

The genus Pachnodus is endemic to the Seychelles.[2]

Species

Species within the genus Pachnodus include:

subgenus Pachnodus

subgenus Nesiocerastus

References

  1. Martens (1860) Helic., ed. 2, 230.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 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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