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Pachnodus

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Pachnodus
Pachnodus velutinus shells
Scientific classification
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(unranked):
clade Heterobranchia

clade Euthyneura
clade Panpulmonata
clade Eupulmonata
clade Stylommatophora

informal group Orthurethra
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Genus:
Pachnodus

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

Distribution

The genus Pachnodus is endemic to the Seychelles.[2]

Species

Species within the genus Pachnodus include:

subgenus Pachnodus

subgenus Nesiocerastus

References

  1. ^ Martens (1860) Helic., ed. 2, 230.
  2. ^ 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.