Yellow Globelet
Mesodon clausus (Say, 1821)
Taxonomy
| Kingdom | Animalia |
|---|---|
| Phylum | Mollusca |
| Class | Gastropoda |
| Order | Stylommatophora |
| Family | Polygyridae |
| Genus | Mesodon |
| Species | Mesodon clausus (Say, 1821) |
Description
Diagnostic characters
- Ecological class
- Trogloxene
- Realm
- Terrestrial
Distribution
Range
Known from one county in Illinois.
Continent
North America
Country
United States
States and provinces
Illinois
Counties
- Illinois
- Monroe
Conservation and management
NatureServe
G5 Secure
National ranks
- Canada
- NU
- United States
- N5 Secure
Subnational ranks
- Ontario
- SU Unrankable
- Louisiana
- SNR Unranked
- Michigan
- SNR Unranked
- Mississippi
- SNR Unranked
- Alabama
- SNR Unranked
- Virginia
- S3 Vulnerable
- Oklahoma
- SNR Unranked
- Ohio
- SNR Unranked
- Arkansas
- SNR Unranked
- Kansas
- SNR Unranked
- Illinois
- SNR Unranked
- Iowa
- SNR Unranked
- Kentucky
- S5 Secure
- Texas
- S4 Apparently Secure
- Maryland
- SNR Unranked
- Missouri
- SNR Unranked
- West Virginia
- SNR Unranked
- New York
- SNR Unranked
- Minnesota
- SNR Unranked
- Indiana
- SNR Unranked
- Georgia
- SNR Unranked
- Wisconsin
- S4 Apparently Secure
- Tennessee
- SNR Unranked
- North Carolina
- S5 Secure
Ranks looked up 2 July 2026. Conservation status changes, and a rank here is as current as that date and no more.
State and federal status
Not listed under the U.S. Endangered Species Act.
References
This account was last revised 6 September 2026. Conservation ranks were looked up 2 July 2026.
How to cite this account
Mesodon clausus (Say, 1821). Cave Biology Data Portal, account SP-2637. https://cavebiology.org/species/mesodon-clausus/ (accessed 22 October 2026).
Data sources and funding are listed in the Acknowledgments.
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