Pachnodus

Pachnodus
Pachnodus praslinus
Pachnodus niger
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Order:	Stylommatophora
Infraorder:	Pupilloidei
Superfamily:	Pupilloidea
Family:	Cerastidae
Genus:	Pachnodus Martens, 1860 [1]

Pachnodus is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Cerastidae. ^[2]

Distribution

The genus Pachnodus is endemic to the Seychelles. ^[3]

Species

Species within the genus Pachnodus include:

subgenus Pachnodus

• Pachnodus becketti Gerlach, 1994 ^[3]
• Pachnodus leroyi Bourguignat, 1890
• Pachnodus lionneti Von Mol & Coppois, 1980 ^[3]
• Pachnodus niger (Dufo, 1840)
  • Pachnodus niger niger (Dufo, 1840) ^[3]
  • Pachnodus niger subfuscus Gerlach, 1994 ^[3]
• † Pachnodus velutinus (Pfeiffer, 1942) ^[3]
• Pachnodus niger × velutinus ^[3]
• Pachnodus sesamorum Bourguignat, 1890

subgenus Nesiocerastus

• Pachnodus fregatensis Von Mol & Coppois, 1980 ^[3]
• Pachnodus kantilali Von Mol & Coppois, 1980 ^[3]
• Pachnodus ornatus (Dufo, 1840) ^[3]
• Pachnodus ornatus var. biornatus ^[3]
• Pachnodus oxoniensis Gerlach, 1994 ^[3]
• Pachnodus praslinus Gerlach, 1990 ^[3]
• Pachnodus silbouettanus Von Mol & Coppois, 1980 ^[3]

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.