{{Short description|Genus of gastropods}} {{Italic title}} {{Automatic_taxobox | image = MesodonThyroidusExBinney.jpg | image_caption = Three views of a shell of ''Mesodon thyroidus'' from W. G. Binney, 1878<ref>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.</ref> | taxon = Mesodon | authority = Rafinesque, 1821 }}

'''''Mesodon''''' is a genus of land snails in the family Polygyridae.

==Species== Species within the genus ''Mesodon'' include:<ref>ITIS. [https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=all&search_value=Mesodon&search_kingdom=every&search_span=exactly_for&categories=All&source=html&search_credRating=All ''Mesodon''], accessed 1 November 2008.</ref> * ''Mesodon altivagus'' <small>(Pilsbry, 1900)</small> &ndash; wandering globe * ''Mesodon andrewsae'' <small>Binney, 1879</small> &ndash; balsam globe * ''Mesodon clausus'' <small>(Say, 1821)</small> &ndash; yellow globelet * ''Mesodon elevatus'' <small>(Say, 1821)</small> &ndash; proud globe * ''Mesodon mitchellianus'' <small>(I. Lea, 1839)</small> &ndash; sealed globelet * ''Mesodon normalis'' <small>(Pilsbry, 1900)</small> &ndash; grand globe * ''Mesodon sanus'' <small>(Clench & Archer, 1933)</small> &ndash; squat globelet * ''Mesodon thyroidus'' <small>(Say, 1816)</small> &ndash; white-lip globe * ''Mesodon trossulus'' <small>Hubricht, 1966</small> &ndash; dandy globelet * ''Mesodon zaletus'' <small>(Binney, 1837)</small> &ndash; toothed globe thumb|''Mesodon'' snail in North Carolina, USA

===Formerly placed here=== * ''Fumonelix archeri'' &ndash; Archer's toothed land snail (as ''Mesodon archeri'') *''Fumonelix jonesiana'' &ndash; Jones' middle-toothed land snail (as ''Mesodon jonesianus'') *''Patera clenchi'' &ndash; Clench's middle-toothed land snail, Mission Creek Oregonian (as ''Mesodon clenchi'')

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Category:Polygyridae Category:Taxa named by Constantine Samuel Rafinesque Category:Taxonomy articles created by Polbot

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