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

^ 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.
^ ITIS. Mesodon, accessed 1 November 2008.