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Genus of gastropods

Pachnodus
Pachnodus velutinus shell
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Stylommatophora
Infraorder: Pupilloidei
Superfamily: Pupilloidea
Family: Cerastidae
Genus: Pachnodus
Martens, 1860

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.

Species

Species within the genus Pachnodus include:

subgenus Pachnodus

subgenus Nesiocerastus

References

  1. Martens (1860) Helic., ed. 2, 230.
  2. ^ MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Pachnodus E. von Martens, 1860. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2020-12-31
  3. ^ 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.
Taxon identifiers
Pachnodus
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