''Pachnodus'' is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial animal, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Cerastidae.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 endemism, endemic to the Seychelles.Gerlach J. (1999). "Snails of the genus ''Pachnodus'' (Mollusca; Gastropoda; Enidae): their origins and evolution". ''Journal of Biogeography'' 26(2): 251-255.
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Species

Species within the genus ''Pachnodus'' include: subgenus ''Pachnodus'' * ''Pachnodus becketti'' Gerlach, 1994 * ''Pachnodus leroyi'' Bourguignat, 1890 * ''Pachnodus lionneti'' Von Mol & Coppois, 1980 * ''Pachnodus niger'' (Dufo, 1840) ** ''Pachnodus niger niger'' (Dufo, 1840) ** ''Pachnodus niger subfuscus'' Gerlach, 1994 * † ''Pachnodus velutinus'' (Pfeiffer, 1942) * ''Pachnodus niger × velutinus'' * ''Pachnodus sesamorum'' Bourguignat, 1890 subgenus ''Nesiocerastus'' * ''Pachnodus fregatensis'' Von Mol & Coppois, 1980 * ''Pachnodus kantilali'' Von Mol & Coppois, 1980 * ''Pachnodus ornatus'' (Dufo, 1840) * ''Pachnodus ornatus'' var. ''biornatus'' * ''Pachnodus oxoniensis'' Gerlach, 1994 * ''Pachnodus praslinus'' Gerlach, 1990 * ''Pachnodus silbouettanus'' Von Mol & Coppois, 1980

References

{{Taxonbar, from=Q7122053 Cerastidae Taxonomy articles created by Polbot