Mesodon thyroidus

Mesodon thyroidus is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial gastropod mollusk in the family Polygyridae.

Mesodon thyroidus
Three views of a shell of Mesodon thyroidus from W. G. Binney, 1878[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura
clade Panpulmonata
clade Eupulmonata
clade Stylommatophora
informal group Sigmurethra
Superfamily:
Helicoidea
Family:
Polygyridae
Genus:
Mesodon
Species:
M. thyroidus
Binomial name
Mesodon thyroidus (Say, 1816)

Parasites

Parasites of Mesodon thyroidus include:

References
  1. Binney, William G. (1878). The Terrestrial Air-Breathing Mollusks of the United States and Adjacent Territories of North America. Vol. 5 (plates). Bull. Mus. Comparative Zool., Harvard. Plate 11.
  2. Michigan Department of Natural Resources and Environment. "Brainworm". accessed 14 December 2010.


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