Pachnodus velutinus
Appearance
Pachnodus velutinus | |
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Pachnodus velutinus shells | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Order: | Stylommatophora |
Family: | Cerastidae |
Genus: | Pachnodus |
Species: | †P. velutinus
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Binomial name | |
†Pachnodus velutinus (Pfeiffer, 1841)
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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
[edit]- ^ a b Gerlach, J. (2009). "Pachnodus velutinus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2009: e.T40091A10304648. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2009-2.RLTS.T40091A10304648.en. Retrieved 16 November 2021.