''Pachnodus'' is a
genus
Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family (taxonomy), family as used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In bino ...
of air-breathing
land snail
A land snail is any of the numerous species of snail that live on land, as opposed to the sea snails and freshwater snails. ''Land snail'' is the common name for terrestrial molluscs, terrestrial gastropod mollusks that have gastropod shell, shel ...
s,
terrestrial
Terrestrial refers to things related to land or the planet Earth, as opposed to extraterrestrial.
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 o ...
pulmonate
Pulmonata or pulmonates is an informal group (previously an order, and before that, a subclass) of snails and slugs characterized by the ability to breathe air, by virtue of having a pallial lung instead of a gill, or gills. The group inclu ...
gastropod
Gastropods (), commonly known as slugs and snails, belong to a large Taxonomy (biology), taxonomic class of invertebrates within the phylum Mollusca called Gastropoda ().
This class comprises snails and slugs from saltwater, freshwater, and fro ...
mollusk
Mollusca is a phylum of protostomic invertebrate animals, whose members are known as molluscs or mollusks (). Around 76,000 extant species of molluscs are recognized, making it the second-largest animal phylum after Arthropoda. The ...
s in the family
Cerastidae
Cerastidae is a family of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the order Stylommatophora.MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Cerastidae Wenz, 1923. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http ...
.
[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 only 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 foun ...
to the
Seychelles
Seychelles (, ; ), officially the Republic of Seychelles (; Seychellois Creole: ), is an island country and archipelagic state consisting of 155 islands (as per the Constitution) in the Indian Ocean. Its capital and largest city, Victoria, ...
.
[Gerlach J. (1999). "Snails of the genus ''Pachnodus'' (Mollusca; Gastropoda; Enidae): their origins and evolution". '']Journal of Biogeography
The ''Journal of Biogeography'' is a monthly peer-reviewed scientific journal that was established in 1974. It covers aspects of spatial, ecological, and historical biogeography. The founding editor-in-chief was David Watts, followed by John Flen ...
'' 26(2): 251-255.
JSTOR
Species
Species within the genus ''Pachnodus'' include:
subgenus ''Pachnodus''
* ''
Pachnodus becketti'' 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 Specieson 20 ...
''
Bourguignat, 1890
* ''
Pachnodus lionneti
''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 throughWorld Register of ...
'' 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 Specieson 20 ...
'' (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'' caused ...
'' (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 Specieson 20 ...
''
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 Specieson 20 ...
'' 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 Specieson 20 ...
'' 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 Specieson 20 ...
'' (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 Specieson 20 ...
'' 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 Specieson 20 ...
'' Gerlach, 1990
* ''
Pachnodus silbouettanus'' Von Mol & Coppois, 1980
References
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Cerastidae
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