Mesodon thyroidus

Mesodon thyroidus
Three views of a shell of Mesodon thyroidus from W. G. Binney, 1878[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Heterobranchia clade Euthyneura clade Panpulmonata clade Eupulmonata clade Stylommatophora informal group Sigmurethra
Superfamily:	Helicoidea
Family:	Polygyridae
Genus:	Mesodon
Species:	M. thyroidus
Binomial name
Mesodon thyroidus

Mesodon thyroidus is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial gastropod mollusk in the family Polygyridae.

Parasites

Parasites of Mesodon thyroidus include:

• Parelaphostrongylus tenuis^[2]

References

1. ^ Binney, William G. (1878). The Terrestrial Air-Breathing Mollusks of the United States and Adjacent Territories of North America. Vol. 5 (plates). Bull. Mus. Comparative Zool., Harvard. Plate 11.
2. ^ Michigan Department of Natural Resources and Environment. "Brainworm". accessed 14 December 2010.

External links

• Mesodon thyroidus on the UF / IFAS Featured Creatures Web site

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