Monacha

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Monacha
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Two live individuals of Monacha cartusiana on a human hand
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
Order: Stylommatophora
Infraorder: Helicoidei
Superfamily: Helicoidea
Family: Hygromiidae
Genus: Monacha
Fitzinger, 1833 [1]
Type species
Helix cartusianaO. F. Müller, 1774
Synonyms [2]
  • BoemicaSchileyko, 1978
  • CarthusianaKobelt, 1871
  • CarthusiananaFagot, 1893
  • CemeneleanaCaziot, 1908
  • EuthebaH. Nordsieck, 1993
  • Helix (Carthusiana)Kobelt, 1871
  • Helix (Monacha)Fitzinger, 1833
  • Helix (Zenobia)Gray, 1821 (subjective senior synonym of MonachaFitzinger, 1833)
  • Monacha (Aegaeotheba)Neiber & Hausdorf, 2017· accepted, alternate representation
  • Monacha (Eutheba)H. Nordsieck, 1993 (original rank)
  • Monacha (Metatheba)P. Hesse, 1914· accepted, alternate representation
  • Monacha (Monacha)Fitzinger, 1833· accepted, alternate representation
  • Monacha (Paratheba)P. Hesse, 1914· accepted, alternate representation
  • Monacha (Pontotheba)Neiber & Hausdorf, 2017· accepted, alternate representation
  • Monacha (Rhytidotheba)Neiber & Hausdorf, 2017· accepted, alternate representation
  • Monacha (Szentgalya)L. Pintér, 1977
  • Monacha (Trichotheba)Neiber & Hausdorf, 2017· accepted, alternate representation
  • OlivierianaBourguignat, 1860
  • OrsinianaCaziot, 1910
  • ParathebaP. Hesse, 1914 (unaccepted rank)
  • RhytidothebaNeiber & Hausdorf, 2017 (unaccepted rank)
  • Zenobia Gray, 1821 (subjective senior synonym of Monacha Fitzinger, 1833; considered a nomen oblitum)

Monacha is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Trochulininae Lindholm, 1927 of the family Hygromiidae, the hairy snails and their allies. [2]

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Distribution

The distribution of the genus Monacha includes western Europe, Central Europe, Mediterranean, Asia minor and Turkey (more than 50 species of Monacha), [3] Georgia, Russia, Arabia, Iran, Azerbaijan (1 species). [4] It is not in Armenia. [4]

The greatest diversity of species is in the Pontic region. [4]

Species

Species within the genus Monacha include: [4]

The species Ashfordiana granulata (Alder, 1830) is often also grouped under the genus Monacha.

Taxon inquirendum
Synonyms

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References

  1. ↑ Fitzinger L. I. (1833). "Systematisches Verzeichniß der im Erzherzogthume Oesterreich vorkommenden Weichthiere, als Prodrom einer Fauna derselben". Beiträge zur Landeskunde Oesterreich's unter der Enns3: 88-122. Wien.
  2. 1 2 MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Monacha Fitzinger, 1833. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=426406 on 2021-08-12
  3. ↑ Hausdorf B. (2000). "The genus Monacha in Turkey (Gastropoda: Pulmonata: Hygromiidae)". Arch. Molluskenk.128: 61-151.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Hausdorf B. (2000). "The genus Monacha in the Western Caucasus (Gastropoda: Hygromiidae)". Journal of Natural History 34(8): 1575-1594. PDF Archived 2009-03-06 at the Wayback Machine . doi : 10.1080/00222930050117495.
  5. ↑ "Monacha fruticola (Krynicki, 1833)". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 27 October 2021.
  6. ↑ Páll-Gergely B. (2010). "New and little known land snails from Turkey (Gastropoda: Pulmonata)". Zoology in the Middle East 50: 89-94. Heidelberg. abstract.
  7. ↑ Hausdorf & Páll-Gergely B. (2009). "Monacha oecali new species from southern Turkey (Gastropoda:Hygromiidae) ". Journal of Conchology 40(1): 15-18. abstract.
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