Pachnodus 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.

Pachnodus velutinus
Pachnodus velutinus shells
Conservation status
Extinct (2000)  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Order:	Stylommatophora
Family:	Cerastidae
Genus:	Pachnodus
Species:	†P. velutinus
Binomial name
†Pachnodus velutinus (Pfeiffer, 1841)

Hybridisation with Pachnodus niger caused the extinction.^[1] Hybrids Pachnodus niger × velutinus still exist.