Biology:Pachnodus velutinus

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Short description: Species of gastropod

Pachnodus velutinus
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Pachnodus velutinus shells

Extinct  (2000) (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
Order: Stylommatophora
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

Wikidata ☰ Q5493917 entry