''Mesodon'' is a

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land snail A land snail is any of the numerous species of snail that live on land, as opposed to the sea snails and freshwater snails. ''Land snail'' is the common name for terrestrial gastropod mollusks that have shells (those without shells are known as ...

s in the family

Polygyridae Polygyridae is a family of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Helicoidea. MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Polygyridae Pilsbry, 1895. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species a ...

Species

Species within the genus ''Mesodon'' include:ITIS
''Mesodon''
accessed 1 November 2008. * ''

Mesodon altivagus ''Mesodon'' is a genus of land snails in the family Polygyridae. Species Species within the genus ''Mesodon'' include:ITIS''Mesodon'' accessed 1 November 2008. * '' Mesodon altivagus'' (Pilsbry, 1900) – wandering globe * '' Mesodon andrew ...

'' (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 ''Mesodon thyroidus'' is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial gastropod mollusk in the family Polygyridae Polygyridae is a family of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the superfamily He ...

'' (Say, 1816) – white-lip globe * ''

Mesodon trossulus ''Mesodon'' is a genus of land snails in the family Polygyridae. Species Species within the genus ''Mesodon'' include:ITIS''Mesodon'' accessed 1 November 2008. * ''Mesodon altivagus'' (Pilsbry, 1900) – wandering globe * '' Mesodon andrews ...

'' Hubricht, 1966 – dandy globelet * ''

Mesodon zaletus ''Mesodon'' is a genus of land snails in the family Polygyridae. Species Species within the genus ''Mesodon'' include:ITIS''Mesodon'' accessed 1 November 2008. * ''Mesodon altivagus'' (Pilsbry, 1900) – wandering globe * '' Mesodon andrews ...

'' (Binney, 1837) – toothed globe Mesodon

Formerly placed here

* '' 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'')

References

Polygyridae Taxa named by Constantine Samuel Rafinesque Taxonomy articles created by Polbot {{Polygyridae-stub