# Mesodon

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{{Short description|Genus of gastropods}}
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| image = MesodonThyroidusExBinney.jpg
| image_caption = Three views of a [shell](/source/gastropod_shell) of ''[Mesodon thyroidus](/source/Mesodon_thyroidus)'' from [W. G. Binney](/source/William_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](/source/Constantine_Samuel_Rafinesque), 1821
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'''''Mesodon''''' is a [genus](/source/genus) of [land snail](/source/land_snail)s in the family [Polygyridae](/source/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](/source/Mesodon_altivagus)'' <small>(Pilsbry, 1900)</small> &ndash; wandering globe
* ''[Mesodon andrewsae](/source/Mesodon_andrewsae)'' <small>Binney, 1879</small> &ndash; balsam globe
* ''[Mesodon clausus](/source/Mesodon_clausus)'' <small>(Say, 1821)</small> &ndash; yellow globelet 
* ''[Mesodon elevatus](/source/Mesodon_elevatus)'' <small>(Say, 1821)</small> &ndash; proud globe
* ''[Mesodon mitchellianus](/source/Mesodon_mitchellianus)'' <small>(I. Lea, 1839)</small> &ndash; sealed globelet
* ''[Mesodon normalis](/source/Mesodon_normalis)'' <small>(Pilsbry, 1900)</small> &ndash; grand globe
* ''[Mesodon sanus](/source/Mesodon_sanus)'' <small>(Clench & Archer, 1933)</small> &ndash; squat globelet
* ''[Mesodon thyroidus](/source/Mesodon_thyroidus)'' <small>(Say, 1816)</small> &ndash; white-lip globe
* ''[Mesodon trossulus](/source/Mesodon_trossulus)'' <small>Hubricht, 1966</small> &ndash; dandy globelet
* ''[Mesodon zaletus](/source/Mesodon_zaletus)'' <small>(Binney, 1837)</small> &ndash; toothed globe
thumb|''Mesodon'' snail in North Carolina, USA

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

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

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