Mesodon
| Mesodon | |
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| Three views of a shell of Mesodon thyroidus from W. G. Binney, 1878[1] | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia
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| Class: | |
| (unranked): | clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura clade Panpulmonata clade Eupulmonata clade Stylommatophora informal group Sigmurethra |
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| Genus: | Mesodon Rafinesque, 1821
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Mesodon is a genus of land snails in the family Polygyridae.
Species[]
Species within the genus Mesodon include:[2]
- (Pilsbry, 1900) – wandering globe
- Binney, 1879 – balsam globe
- (Say, 1821) – yellow globelet
- (Say, 1821) – proud globe
- (I. Lea, 1839) – sealed globelet
- (Pilsbry, 1900) – grand globe
- (Clench & Archer, 1933) – squat globelet
- Mesodon thyroidus (Say, 1816) – white-lip globe
- Hubricht, 1966 – dandy globelet
- (Binney, 1837) – toothed globe
Mesodon snail in North Carolina, USA
Formerly placed here[]
- Fumonelix archeri – Archer's toothed land snail (as Mesodon archeri)
- Fumonelix jonesiana – Jones' middle-toothed land snail (as Mesodon jonesianus)
- Patera clenchi – Clench's middle-toothed land snail, Mission Creek Oregonian (as Mesodon clenchi)
References[]
Categories:
- Polygyridae
- Taxa named by Constantine Samuel Rafinesque
- Polygyridae stubs