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Pachnodus velutinus
Plate 1 of 1. Pfeiffer, 1841, no known copyright restrictions (public domain) · via iNaturalist
IUCN EX · Extinct

Pachnodus velutinus

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. Hybrids Pachnodus niger × velutinus still exist.

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