White-Lip Globe
Mesodon thyroidus (Say, 1817)
Taxonomy
| Kingdom | Animalia |
|---|---|
| Phylum | Mollusca |
| Class | Gastropoda |
| Order | Stylommatophora |
| Family | Polygyridae |
| Genus | Mesodon |
| Species | Mesodon thyroidus (Say, 1817) |
Description
Diagnostic characters
- Ecological class
- Trogloxene
- Realm
- Terrestrial
Distribution
Range
Known from two counties across two states.
Continent
North America
Country
United States
States and provinces
Florida, Tennessee
Counties
- Florida
- Jackson
- Tennessee
- Overton
Conservation and management
NatureServe
G5 Secure
National ranks
- United States
- N5 Secure
- Canada
- N3 Vulnerable
Subnational ranks
- Vermont
- SNR Unranked
- Maine
- SNR Unranked
- Texas
- S4 Apparently Secure
- Virginia
- S5 Secure
- Oklahoma
- SNR Unranked
- Illinois
- SNR Unranked
- Connecticut
- SNR Unranked
- Missouri
- SNR Unranked
- North Carolina
- S5 Secure
- New York
- SNR Unranked
- Kentucky
- S5 Secure
- Georgia
- SNR Unranked
- Arkansas
- SNR Unranked
- Delaware
- SNR Unranked
- Pennsylvania
- S4 Apparently Secure
- Michigan
- SNR Unranked
- Mississippi
- SNR Unranked
- Indiana
- SNR Unranked
- New Jersey
- SNR Unranked
- Ohio
- SNR Unranked
- Florida
- SNR Unranked
- Nebraska
- SNR Unranked
- Wisconsin
- S5 Secure
- Alabama
- SNR Unranked
- West Virginia
- S5 Secure
- Kansas
- SNR Unranked
- Maryland
- SNR Unranked
- South Carolina
- SNR Unranked
- Iowa
- SNR Unranked
- Minnesota
- SNR Unranked
- District of Columbia
- SNR Unranked
- Louisiana
- SNR Unranked
- Tennessee
- S5 Secure
- Ontario
- S3 Vulnerable
- Quebec
- SNR Unranked
State and federal status
Not listed under the U.S. Endangered Species Act
References
- Franz, R., Bauer, J. & Morris, T. 1994. Review of biologically significant caves and their faunas in Florida and south Georgia. Brimleyana 20: 1–109. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/part/229726.
- Lewis, J.J. 2005. A biological inventory of caves of the Cumberland Plateau. Tennessee Chapter Cave Program, The Nature Conservancy, Nashville, Tennessee, USA. 156 pp.
How to cite this account
Mesodon thyroidus (Say, 1817). Cave Biology Data Portal, account SP-2638. https://cavebiology.org/species/mesodon-thyroidus/ (accessed 7 September 2026).
Data sources and funding are listed in the Acknowledgments.
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