| Mesodon thyroidus | |
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| Three views of a shell of Mesodon thyroidus from W. G. Binney, 18781 | |
Scientific classification 
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| 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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Mesodon thyroidus is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial gastropod mollusk in the family Polygyridae.
Parasites
Parasites of Mesodon thyroidus include:
- The nematode Parelaphostrongylus tenuis3
References
References
- 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.
- NatureServe. "Mesodon thyroidus". NatureServe Explorer. Arlington, Virginia. Retrieved 25 May 2026.
- Michigan Department of Natural Resources and Environment. "Brainworm". accessed 14 December 2010.