Pachnodus

Pachnodus is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Cerastidae.^[2]

Pachnodus niger niger (Dufo, 1840) found on Morne Blanc, Seychelles

Pachnodus
Pachnodus velutinus shell
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Order:	Stylommatophora
Infraorder:	Pupilloidei
Superfamily:	Pupilloidea
Family:	Cerastidae
Genus:	Pachnodus Martens, 1860[1]

Distribution

The genus Pachnodus is endemic to the Seychelles.^[3]

Species

Species within the genus Pachnodus include:

subgenus Pachnodus

• Pachnodus becketti Gerlach, 1994^[3]
• Pachnodus leroyi Bourguignat, 1890
• Pachnodus lionneti Von Mol & Coppois, 1980^[3]
• Pachnodus niger (Dufo, 1840)
  • Pachnodus niger niger (Dufo, 1840)^[3]
  • Pachnodus niger subfuscus Gerlach, 1994^[3]
• † Pachnodus velutinus (Pfeiffer, 1942)^[3]
• Pachnodus niger × velutinus^[3]
• Pachnodus sesamorum Bourguignat, 1890

subgenus Nesiocerastus

• Pachnodus fregatensis Von Mol & Coppois, 1980^[3]
• Pachnodus kantilali Von Mol & Coppois, 1980^[3]
• Pachnodus ornatus (Dufo, 1840)^[3]
• Pachnodus ornatus var. biornatus^[3]
• Pachnodus oxoniensis Gerlach, 1994^[3]
• Pachnodus praslinus Gerlach, 1990^[3]
• Pachnodus silbouettanus Von Mol & Coppois, 1980^[3]