Mesodon thyroidus
Appearance
Mesodon thyroidus | |
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Three views of a shell of Mesodon thyroidus from W. G. Binney, 1878[1] | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Heterobranchia |
Order: | Stylommatophora |
Family: | Polygyridae |
Genus: | Mesodon |
Species: | M. thyroidus
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Binomial name | |
Mesodon thyroidus ((Say, 1816)
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Mesodon thyroidus is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial gastropod mollusk in the family Polygyridae.
Parasites[edit]
Parasites of Mesodon thyroidus include:
- The nematode Parelaphostrongylus tenuis[2]
References[edit]
- ^ 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.
- ^ Michigan Department of Natural Resources and Environment. "Brainworm". accessed 14 December 2010.
External links[edit]
- Mesodon thyroidus on the UF / IFAS Featured Creatures Web site