Pachnodus velutinus
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| (unranked): | clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura |
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| Species: | † P. velutinus
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| † Pachnodus velutinus (Pfeiffer, 1841)
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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 the extinction.[1] Hybrids Pachnodus niger × velutinus still exist.
References
- ^ a b Gerlach J. (2000). Pachnodus velutinus. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 7 August 2007.