Pachnodus is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Cerastidae.MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Pachnodus E. von Martens, 1860. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2020-12-31
Distribution The genus Pachnodus is endemic to the Seychelles.Gerlach J. (1999). "Snails of the genus Pachnodus (Mollusca; Gastropoda; Enidae): their origins and evolution". Journal of Biogeography 26(2): 251-255. , JSTOR.
Species Species within the genus Pachnodus include:
subgenus Pachnodus Pachnodus becketti Gerlach, 1994 Pachnodus leroyi Bourguignat, 1890 Pachnodus lionneti Von Mol & Coppois, 1980 Pachnodus niger (Dufo, 1840) Pachnodus niger niger (Dufo, 1840) Pachnodus niger subfuscus Gerlach, 1994 † Pachnodus velutinus (Pfeiffer, 1942) Pachnodus niger × velutinus Pachnodus sesamorum Bourguignat, 1890
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
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