Mesodon clenchi | |
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Three views of a shell of Mesodon clenchi | |
Conservation status | |
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. clenchi |
Binomial name | |
Mesodon clenchi (Rehder, 1932) |
Clench's middle-toothed land snail, also known as the Mission Creek Oregonian, scientific name Mesodon clenchi, is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Polygyridae. It was named in honor of the American malacologist, William J. Clench.
This species is endemic to the state of Arkansas, United States. Its natural habitat is rocky areas. It is threatened by habitat loss.