Pachnodus velutinus
| Pachnodus velutinus | |
|---|---|
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| Pachnodus velutinus shells | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura |
| Superfamily: | Enoidea |
| Family: | Cerastidae |
| Genus: | Pachnodus |
| Species: | † P. velutinus |
| Binomial name | |
| † Pachnodus velutinus (Pfeiffer, 1841) | |
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
- 1 2 Gerlach J. (2000). Pachnodus velutinus. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 7 August 2007.
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