Mesodon
Encyclopedia
Mesodon is a genus
of air-breathing land snail
s, terrestrial
pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Polygyridae
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Genus
In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...
of air-breathing land snail
Snail
Snail is a common name applied to most of the members of the molluscan class Gastropoda that have coiled shells in the adult stage. When the word is used in its most general sense, it includes sea snails, land snails and freshwater snails. The word snail without any qualifier is however more often...
s, terrestrial
Terrestrial animal
Terrestrial animals are animals that live predominantly or entirely on land , as compared with aquatic animals, which live predominantly or entirely in the water , or amphibians, which rely on a combination of aquatic and terrestrial habitats...
pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Polygyridae
Polygyridae
Polygyridae is a family of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Helicoidea.The Polygyridae make up a significant proportion of the land snail fauna of eastern North America, and are also found in western North America, northern Central America, and...
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Species
Species within the genus Mesodon include:- Mesodon altivagus (Pilsbry, 1900) - wandering globe
- Mesodon andrewsae W. G. Binney, 1879 - balsam globe
- Mesodon archeri - Archer's toothed land snailArcher's toothed land snailArcher's toothed land snail, scientific name Mesodon archeri, is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Polygyridae. This species is endemic to the United States....
- Mesodon clausus (Say, 1821) - Yellow Globelet
- Mesodon clenchi - Clench's middle-toothed land snailClench's middle-toothed land snailClench'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...
- Mesodon elevatus (Say, 1821) - proud globe
- Mesodon jonesianus - Jones' middle-toothed land snailJones' middle-toothed land snailThe Jones' middle-toothed land snail, scientific name Mesodon jonesianus, is a species of small, air-breathing, land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Polygyridae. This species is endemic to the United States.-References:...
- Mesodon mitchellianus (I. Lea, 1839) - sealed globelet
- Mesodon normalis (Pilsbry, 1900) - grand globe
- Mesodon sanus (Clench & Archer, 1933) - squat globelet
- Mesodon thyroidusMesodon thyroidusMesodon thyroidus is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial gastropod mollusk in the family Polygyridae.-External links:* on the UF / IFAS Featured Creatures Web site...
(Say, 1816) - white-lip globe - Mesodon trossulus Hubricht, 1966 - dandy globelet
- Mesodon zaletus (A. Binney, 1837) - toothed globe