Mesodon thyroidus is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial gastropod mollusk in the family Polygyridae.
| Mesodon thyroidus | |
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| Three views of a shell of Mesodon thyroidus from W. G. Binney, 1878[1] | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Order: | Stylommatophora |
| Family: | Polygyridae |
| Genus: | Mesodon |
| Species: | M. thyroidus
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| Binomial name | |
| Mesodon thyroidus ((Say, 1816)
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Parasites
editParasites 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