MolluscaBase taxon details
Mesodon zaletus (A. Binney, 1837)
1352464 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1352464)
accepted
Species
Helix exoleta A. Gould, 1851 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Helix zaleta A. Binney, 1837 · unaccepted > superseded combination
Mesodon (Aphalogona) zaletus (A. Binney, 1837) · alternative representation
Mesodon exoleta (A. Gould, 1851) · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Mesodon exoleta var. minor Wetherby, 1881 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Mesodon exoletus (A. Gould, 1851) · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Polygyra (Mesodon) exoleta (A. Gould, 1851) · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Polygyra zaleta ozarkensis Pilsbry & Ferriss, 1906 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
(of Helix zaleta A. Binney, 1837) Binney, A. (1837). A monograph of the helices inhabiting the United States. <em>Boston Journal of Natural History.</em> 1(4): 466-495, plates 12-21., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32414190
page(s): 492, pl. 20 [details]
page(s): 492, pl. 20 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Mesodon zaletus (A. Binney, 1837). Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1352464 on 2025-04-29
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original description
(of Helix zaleta A. Binney, 1837) Binney, A. (1837). A monograph of the helices inhabiting the United States. <em>Boston Journal of Natural History.</em> 1(4): 466-495, plates 12-21., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32414190
page(s): 492, pl. 20 [details]
original description (of Helix exoleta A. Gould, 1851) Gould, A.A. (1851). The terrestrial air-breathing mollusks of the United States, and the adjacent territories of North America. Vol. 2. Little, Brown and Company, Boston. 1-366.
page(s): 131, pl. 10 [details]
original description (of Polygyra zaleta ozarkensis Pilsbry & Ferriss, 1906) Pilsbry, H. A. & Ferriss, J. H. (1906). Mollusca of the Ozarkian Fauna. <em>Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.</em> 58 (3): 529-567, plates 20-22., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/24707380
page(s): 553, pl. 22, figs. 26-29 [details]
original description (of Mesodon exoleta var. minor Wetherby, 1881) Wetherby, A. G. (1881). Some notes on American land shells. No. II. <em>The Journal of the Cincinnati Society of Natural History.</em> 4(4): 323-335., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42556232
page(s): 333 [details]
basis of record InvertEBase. (2018). Authority files of U.S. and Canadian land and freshwater mollusks developed for the InvertEBase (InvertEBase.org) project. [details]
additional source Lee, H. G. (2010). Gettleman key to probe of major reversals. <em>American Conchologist.</em> 38(4): 6-11., available online at https://conchologistsofamerica.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/38-dec-2010.pdf
page(s): 9 [details]
page(s): 492, pl. 20 [details]
original description (of Helix exoleta A. Gould, 1851) Gould, A.A. (1851). The terrestrial air-breathing mollusks of the United States, and the adjacent territories of North America. Vol. 2. Little, Brown and Company, Boston. 1-366.
page(s): 131, pl. 10 [details]
original description (of Polygyra zaleta ozarkensis Pilsbry & Ferriss, 1906) Pilsbry, H. A. & Ferriss, J. H. (1906). Mollusca of the Ozarkian Fauna. <em>Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.</em> 58 (3): 529-567, plates 20-22., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/24707380
page(s): 553, pl. 22, figs. 26-29 [details]
original description (of Mesodon exoleta var. minor Wetherby, 1881) Wetherby, A. G. (1881). Some notes on American land shells. No. II. <em>The Journal of the Cincinnati Society of Natural History.</em> 4(4): 323-335., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42556232
page(s): 333 [details]
basis of record InvertEBase. (2018). Authority files of U.S. and Canadian land and freshwater mollusks developed for the InvertEBase (InvertEBase.org) project. [details]
additional source Lee, H. G. (2010). Gettleman key to probe of major reversals. <em>American Conchologist.</em> 38(4): 6-11., available online at https://conchologistsofamerica.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/38-dec-2010.pdf
page(s): 9 [details]
