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Mesodon andrewsae

(Balsam Globe)

Interesting Facts

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Common Names

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Common Names in English:

Balsam Globe

Taxonomy

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Domain: Eukaryota () - Whittaker & Margulis,1978 - eukaryotes
- Kingdom: Animalia () - C. Linnaeus, 1758 - animals
  - Subkingdom: Bilateria () - (Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983
    - Branch: Protostomia () - Grobben, 1908
      - Infrakingdom: Lophotrochozoa ()
        Superphylum: Eutrochozoa ()
        Phylum: Mollusca () - (C. Linnaeus, 1758) Cuvier, 1795 - Molluscs
        Class: Gastropoda () - Cuvier, 1795 - Snails and Slugs
        Subclass: Orthogastropoda () - Ponder & Lindberg, 1996
        Superorder: Heterobranchia () - J.E. Gray, 1840
        Order: Eupulmonata () - Cuvier, in Blainville, 1814
        Suborder: Eupulmonata () - (Haszprunar & Huber, 1990)
        Infraorder: Stylommatophora () - A. Schmidt, 1855
        Superfamily: Helicoidea () - Rafinesque, 1815
        Family: Polygyridae () - Pilsbry, 1895
        Genus: Mesodon () - Rafinesque, 1831
        Specific name: andrewsae - W. G. Binney, 1879
        Scientific name: - Mesodon andrewsae W. G. Binney, 1879

Notes

Name Status: Accepted Name .

Last scrutiny: 17-Oct-2001

Similar Species

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Members of the genus Mesodon

ZipcodeZoo has pages for 15 species and subspecies in this genus:

M. altivagus (Wandering Globe) · M. andrewsae (Balsam Globe) · M. archeri (Archer's Toothed Land Snail) · M. clarki nantahala (Noonday Snail) · M. clausus (Yellow Globelet) · M. clausus trossulus (Banded Mesodon) · M. clenchi (Clench's Middle-Toothed Land Snail) · M. elevatus (Proud Globe) · M. jonesianus (Jones' Middle-Toothed Land Snail) · M. mitchellianus (Sealed Globelet) · M. normalis (Grand Globe) · M. sanus (Squat Globelet) · M. thyroidus (White-Lip Globe) · M. trossulus (Dandy Globelet) · M. zaletus (Toothed Globe)

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Further Reading

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An atlas of the chromosome numbers in animals. Ames, Iowa State College Press[1951] url p. 28.
The distributions of the native land mollusks of the Eastern United States / Leslie Hubricht. 24 1985 Chicago: Field Museum of Natural History, 1985. url p. 173, p. 180, p. 181, p. 182, p. 45, p. vii.
Transactions of the Kentucky Academy of Science. [Lexington, Ky.]Kentucky Academy of Science, 1923-1997. url p. 113, p. 162.

Notes

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Contributors

Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 10, 2012.

Data Sources

Accessed through GBIF Data Portal February 01, 2008:

Academy of Natural Sciences, Academy of Natural Sciences Malacology Database

Identifiers

Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 2688449
Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ITS-77521
Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 13732117
Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 77521
Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 510723

Last Revised: 7/20/2012