Mesodon

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Kingdom Animalia Family Polygyridae Phylum Mollusca Rank Genus		Superfamily Helicoidea Scientific name Mesodon Higher classification Polygyridae

Lower classifications Mesodon thryroidus, Patera clenchi, Fumonelix jonesiana, Fumonelix archeri

Mesodon zaletus snail eating carrot made visible with cymascope

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

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

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)

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