Interesting Facts
Common Names
Common Names in English:
Noonday Snail
Description
Habitat
Biome: Terrestrial [1].
Taxonomy
- 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:
clarki
- I. Lea, 1858
- Subspecies:
nantahala
- Scientific name: - Mesodon clarki nantahala I. Lea, 1858
- Subspecies:
nantahala
- Specific name:
clarki
- I. Lea, 1858
- 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
Should possibly be transferred to the genus Patera. (Ref. 286635).
Similar Species
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
- 1994 IUCN red list of threatened animals Gland, Switzerland: IUCN, 1993 url p. 231.
- 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. 44.
Notes
Contributors
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 10, 2012.
- IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. . Downloaded on January 28, 2012.
- Mollusc Specialist Group 1996. Mesodon clarki ssp. nantahala. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloadedon 02February2012.
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 2799604
- IUCN ID: 36144
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 3963227
Footnotes
- Mollusc Specialist Group 1996. Mesodon clarki ssp. nantahala. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 02 February 2012. [back]
