Mesodon

Mesodon
Mesodon
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
Rafinesque, 1821

Mesodon is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Polygyridae.

Species

Species within the genus Mesodon include[2]:

  • Mesodon altivagus (Pilsbry, 1900) - wandering globe
  • Mesodon andrewsae W. G. Binney, 1879 - balsam globe
  • Mesodon archeri - Archer's toothed land snail
  • Mesodon clausus (Say, 1821) - Yellow Globelet
  • Mesodon clenchi - Clench's middle-toothed land snail
  • Mesodon elevatus (Say, 1821) - proud globe
  • Mesodon jonesianus - Jones' middle-toothed land snail
  • Mesodon mitchellianus (I. Lea, 1839) - sealed globelet
  • Mesodon normalis (Pilsbry, 1900) - grand globe
  • Mesodon sanus (Clench & Archer, 1933) - squat globelet
  • Mesodon thyroidus (Say, 1816) - white-lip globe
  • Mesodon trossulus Hubricht, 1966 - dandy globelet
  • Mesodon zaletus (A. Binney, 1837) - toothed globe

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. ^ ITIS. Mesodon, accessed 1 November 2008.
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