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

Mesodon is a genus of land snails in the family Polygyridae.

Species

Species within the genus Mesodon include:[2]

  • Mesodon altivagus (Pilsbry, 1900) – wandering globe
  • Mesodon andrewsae Binney, 1879 – balsam globe
  • Mesodon clausus (Say, 1821) – yellow globelet
  • Mesodon elevatus (Say, 1821) – proud globe
  • 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 (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

  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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