title: Pachnodus
text: # Pachnodus
  
  Pachnodus is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Cerastidae.
  
  ## Distribution
  
  The genus Pachnodus is endemic to the Seychelles.
  
  ## 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
  