Mesodon

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

Mesodon
Three views of a shell of Mesodon thyroidus from W. G. Binney, 1878[1]
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Mesodon

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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