Pachnodus velutinus

Pachnodus velutinus
Pachnodus velutinus shells

Extinct  (2000)  (IUCN 2.3)[1]
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
Species: P. velutinus
Binomial name
Pachnodus velutinus
(Pfeiffer, 1841)

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.

Hybridisation with Pachnodus niger caused the extinction.[1] Hybrids Pachnodus niger × velutinus still exist.

References

  1. 1 2 Gerlach J. (2000). Pachnodus velutinus. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 7 August 2007.


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