Overview
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Interesting Facts
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Common Names
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Common Names in English:
White-Lip Globe
Description
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Habitat
Typically found at an altitude of 0 to 5,183 meters (0 to 17,005 feet).[1]
Biome: Terrestrial .
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:
thyroidus
- (Say, 1817)
- Scientific name: - Mesodon thyroidus (Say, 1817)
- Specific name:
thyroidus
- (Say, 1817)
- Genus:
Mesodon
(
- Family:
Polygyridae
(
- Superfamily:
Helicoidea
(
- Infraorder:
Stylommatophora
(
- Suborder:
Eupulmonata
(
- Order:
Eupulmonata
(
- Superorder:
Heterobranchia
(
- Subclass:
Orthogastropoda
(
- Class:
Gastropoda
(
- Phylum:
Mollusca
(
- Superphylum:
Eutrochozoa
(
- Infrakingdom:
Lophotrochozoa
(
- Branch:
Protostomia
(
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
(
- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
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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- Amino acid pools: distribution, formation and function of free amino acids; proceedings. Edited by Joseph T. Holden. Sponsored by the Office of Naval Research, Washington, D.C., under the auspices of the Institute for A[d]vanced Learning in the Medical Sciences. Amsterdam, Elsevier Pub. Co.1962. url p. 799.
- An atlas of the chromosome numbers in animals. Ames, Iowa State College Press[1951] url p. 28.
- Bulletin / Smithsonian Institution, Bureau of American Ethnology. Washington: G.P.O., 1901-1971. url p. 195, p. 243, p. 32, p. 375, p. 492.
- Miscellaneous publication - University of Kansas, Museum of Natural History. 1959 Lawrence: University of Kansas, 1946-1996. url p. 223, p. 81, p. 87, fig. 34, page 90, fig. 35, page 91.
- Texas conchologist. [Houston, Houston Conchology Society], 1964- url p. 27, p. 29, p. 62, p. 65, p. 74.
- The Biological bulletin. Woods Hole, Mass.: Marine Biological Laboratory, url p. 380.
- The Nautilus. Melbourne, Fla., etc., American Malacologists, inc., etc. url , , p. 100, p. 100, p. 101, p. 104, p. 106, p. 106, p. 107, p. 11, p. 110, p. 12, p. 12, p. 120, p. 122, p. 123, p. 123, p. 123, p. 124, p. 124, p. 125, p. 125, p. 126, p. 126, p. 128, p. 129, p. 131, p. 132, p. 134, p. 136, p. 136, p. 141, p. 142, p. 143, p. 17, p. 19, p. 21, p. 23, p. 24, p. 25, p. 25, p. 26, p. 30, p. 30, p. 32, p. 34, p. 44, p. 46, p. 5, p. 5, p. 52, p. 54, p. 55, p. 56, p. 57, p. 59, p. 62, p. 63, p. 64, p. 66, p. 69, p. 7, p. 7, p. 70, p. 71, p. 71, p. 72, p. 83, p. 91, p. 93, p. 97.
- The University of Kansas science bulletin. 31 1946 [Lawrence]: University of Kansas, 1902-1996. url p. 119.
- 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. 181, p. 186, p. 188, p. 45, p. 51, p. vii.
- Transactions of the Kentucky Academy of Science. [Lexington, Ky.]Kentucky Academy of Science, 1923-1997. url p. 114, p. 162.
Notes
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Contributors
- Bisby, F.A., Y.R. Roskov, M.A. Ruggiero, T.M. Orrell, L.E. Paglinawan, P.W. Brewer, N. Bailly, J. van Hertum, eds (2007). Species 2000 and ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2007 Annual Checklist. Species 2000: Reading, U.K.
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 10, 2012.
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed December 12, 2007. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 2 providers.
- Ruggiero M., Gordon D., Bailly N., Kirk P., Nicolson D. (2011). The Catalogue of Life Taxonomic Classification, Edition 2, Part A. In: Species 2000 and ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2011 Annual Checklist (Bisby F.A., Roskov Y.R., Orrell T.M., Nicolson D., Paglinawan L.E., Bailly N., Kirk P.M., Bourgoin T., Baillargeon G., Ouvrard D., eds). DVD; Species 2000: Reading, UK.
Data Sources
Accessed through GBIF Data Portal February 28, 2008:
- Academy of Natural Sciences: Academy of Natural Sciences Malacology Database
- Biologiezentrum der Oberoesterreichischen Landesmuseen: Biologiezentrum Linz
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 2688455
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ITS-77557
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 77557
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 510728
Footnotes
- Mean = 790.330 meters (2,592.946 feet), Standard Deviation = 1,290.300 based on 195 observations. Altitude information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre. [back]
