Pachnodus
Pachnodus is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Cerastidae.
Distribution
Genus Pachnodus is endemic to Seychelles.[2]
Species
Species within the genus Pachnodus include:
subgenus Pachnodus
- Pachnodus becketti Gerlach, 1994[2]
- Pachnodus lionneti Von Mol & Coppois, 1980[2]
- Pachnodus niger (Dufo, 1840)
- Pachnodus niger niger (Dufo, 1840)[2]
- Pachnodus niger subfuscus Gerlach, 1994[2]
- † Pachnodus velutinus (Pfeiffer, 1942)[2]
- Pachnodus niger × velutinus[2]
subgenus Nesiocerastus
- Pachnodus fregatensis Von Mol & Coppois, 1980[2]
- Pachnodus kantilali Von Mol & Coppois, 1980[2]
- Pachnodus ornatus (Dufo, 1840)[2]
- Pachnodus ornatus var. biornatus [2]
- Pachnodus oxoniensis Gerlach, 1994[2]
- Pachnodus praslinus Gerlach, 1990[2]
- Pachnodus silbouettanus Von Mol & Coppois, 1980[2]
References
- ^ Martens (1860) Helic., ed. 2, 230.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n 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.