Pachnodus
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Pachnodus is a genus
of air-breathing land snail
s, terrestrial
pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Cerastidae
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subgenus Pachnodus
subgenus Nesiocerastus
Genus
In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...
of air-breathing land snail
Land snail
A land snail is any of the many species of snail that live on land, as opposed to those that live in salt water and fresh water. Land snails are terrestrial gastropod mollusks that have shells, It is not always an easy matter to say which species are terrestrial, because some are more or less...
s, terrestrial
Terrestrial animal
Terrestrial animals are animals that live predominantly or entirely on land , as compared with aquatic animals, which live predominantly or entirely in the water , or amphibians, which rely on a combination of aquatic and terrestrial habitats...
pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Cerastidae
Cerastidae
Cerastidae is a family of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks.- Taxonomy :The Cerastidae family is classified within the informal group Orthurethra, itself belonging to the clade Stylommatophora within the clade Eupulmonata .The family Cerastidae has no...
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Species
Species within the genus Pachnodus include:subgenus Pachnodus
- Pachnodus becketti Gerlach, 1994
- Pachnodus lionneti Von Mol & Coppois, 1980
- Pachnodus niger (Dufo, 1840)
- Pachnodus niger niger (Dufo, 1840)
- Pachnodus niger subfuscus Gerlach, 1994
- † Pachnodus velutinusPachnodus 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....
(Pfeiffer, 1942) - Pachnodus niger × velutinus
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