Monacha cartusiana
Two live individuals of Monacha cartusiana on a human hand
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura
clade Panpulmonata
clade Eupulmonata
clade Stylommatophora
informal group Sigmurethra
Superfamily:
Helicoidea
Family:
Hygromiidae
Subfamily:
Monachainae
Genus:
Monacha
Species:
M. cartusiana
Binomial name
Monacha cartusiana
Synonyms
  • Helix (Fruticicola) cartusiana O. F. Müller, 1774 (unaccepted combination)
  • Helix (Zenobia) bimarginata Gray, 1821 (junior synonym)
  • Helix cartusiana Müller, 1774
  • Helix cartusiana var. depressa Caziot, 1909 (invalid; preoccupied)
  • Monacha (Monacha) cartusiana (O. F. Müller, 1774)· accepted, alternate representation

Monacha cartusiana is a species of small air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Hygromiidae, the hairy snails and their allies.[3]

This is the type species of the genus Monacha.

Distribution

Monacha cartusiana

The native distribution of this species is Atlantic-Mediterranean.[4] It lives in various areas including:

This species has been accidentally introduced and naturalized in:

Life cycle

The size of the egg is 1.8 mm.[8]

References

  1. ^ Neubert, E. (2011). "Monacha cartusiana". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN. 2011: e.T157222A5056149. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2011-1.RLTS.T157222A5056149.en.
  2. ^ Müller, O. F. 1774. Vermivm terrestrium et fluviatilium, seu animalium infusoriorum, helminthicorum, et testaceorum, non marinorum, succincta historia. Volumen alterum. pp. I-XXVI [= 1-36], 1-214, [1-10]. Havniae & Lipsiae. (Heineck & Faber).
  3. ^ Helix cartusiana var. depressa Caziot, 1909 (invalid; preoccupied) Monacha (Monacha) cartusiana (O. F. Müller, 1774)· accepted, alternate representation
  4. ^ (in Slovak) Lisický M. J. (1991). Mollusca Slovenska [The Slovak molluscs]. VEDA vydavateľstvo Slovenskej akadémie vied, Bratislava, 344 pp.
  5. ^ Protection for wild animals on Schedule 5 of the Wildlife and Countryside Act, 1981. website accessed 7 August 2009.
  6. ^ Balashov I. & Gural-Sverlova N. 2012. An annotated checklist of the terrestrial molluscs of Ukraine. Journal of Conchology. 41 (1): 91-109.
  7. ^ Robinson, D.G. & J. Slapcinsky. 2005. Recent introductions of alien land snails into North America. American Malacological Bulletin 20:89-93.
  8. ^ Heller J.: Life History Strategies. in Barker G. M. (ed.): The biology of terrestrial molluscs. CABI Publishing, Oxon, UK, 2001, ISBN 0-85199-318-4. 1-146, cited page: 428.

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