''Pachnodus'' is a
genus
Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus comes above species and below family. In binomial n ...
of air-breathing
land snails,
terrestrial
Terrestrial refers to things related to land or the planet Earth.
Terrestrial may also refer to:
* Terrestrial animal, an animal that lives on land opposed to living in water, or sometimes an animal that lives on or near the ground, as opposed to ...
pulmonate gastropod mollusk
Mollusca is the second-largest phylum of invertebrate animals after the Arthropoda, the members of which are known as molluscs or mollusks (). Around 85,000 extant species of molluscs are recognized. The number of fossil species is es ...
s in the family
Cerastidae
Cerastidae is a family of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the order Stylommatophora
Stylommatophora is an orderPhilippe Bouchet, Jean-Pierre Rocroi, Bernhard Hausdorf, Andrzej Kaim, Yasunori Kano, Al ...
.
[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
Endemism is the state of a species being found in a single defined geographic location, such as an island, state, nation, country or other defined zone; organisms that are indigenous to a place are not endemic to it if they are also found els ...
to the
Seychelles
Seychelles (, ; ), officially the Republic of Seychelles (french: link=no, République des Seychelles; Creole: ''La Repiblik Sesel''), is an archipelagic state consisting of 115 islands in the Indian Ocean. Its capital and largest city, ...
.
[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
''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, 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
''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
* ''
Pachnodus niger
''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 ...
'' (Dufo, 1840)
** ''Pachnodus niger niger'' (Dufo, 1840)
** ''Pachnodus niger subfuscus'' Gerlach, 1994
* † ''
Pachnodus velutinus
''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
' ...
'' (Pfeiffer, 1942)
* ''Pachnodus niger × velutinus''
* ''
Pachnodus sesamorum
''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
subgenus ''
Nesiocerastus''
* ''
Pachnodus fregatensis
''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
* ''
Pachnodus kantilali
''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
* ''
Pachnodus ornatus
''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 ...
'' (Dufo, 1840)
* ''Pachnodus ornatus'' var. ''biornatus''
* ''
Pachnodus oxoniensis
''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, 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
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Cerastidae
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