''Mesodon thyroidus'' is a
species
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of air-breathing
land snail, a
terrestrial
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Terrestrial may also refer to:
* Terrestrial animal, an animal that lives on land opposed to living in water, or sometimes an animal that lives on or near the ground, as opposed to ...
gastropod mollusk
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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 ...
.
Parasites
Parasites of ''Mesodon thyroidus'' include:
* The nematode ''
Parelaphostrongylus tenuis''
[ Michigan Department of Natural Resources and Environment]
"Brainworm"
accessed 14 December 2010.
References
External links
on the
UF /
IFAS Featured Creatures Web site
Polygyridae
Gastropods described in 1816
Taxa named by Thomas Say
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