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Mesodon
Sign in to saveMesodon is a genus of land snails in the family Polygyridae.
Species
KINGDOM
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumMollusca
- ClassGastropoda
- OrderStylommatophora
- FamilyPolygyridae
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 566
- With media
- 129
- Family
- Polygyridae
- Collections
- FMNH, PRI, RBINS-SCIENTIFIC HERITAGE, UF
- Recorded in
- United States, United Kingdom
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- Parent taxon
- Polygyridae
- Image
- MesodonThyroidusExBinney.jpg
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Mesodon is a genus of land snails in the family Polygyridae.
==Species== Species within the genus Mesodon include: 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 thumb|Mesodon snail in North Carolina, USA
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