Monacha cartusiana

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Monacha cartusiana
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Two live individuals of Monacha cartusiana on a human hand
Scientific classification OOjs UI icon edit-ltr.svg
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Stylommatophora
Family: Hygromiidae
Genus: Monacha
Species:
M. cartusiana
Binomial name
Monacha cartusiana
Synonyms
  • Helix (Fruticicola) cartusianaO. F. Müller, 1774 [2] (unaccepted combination)
  • Helix (Zenobia) bimarginataGray, 1821 [3] (junior synonym)
  • Helix cartusianaMüller, 1774
  • Helix cartusiana var. depressaCaziot, 1909 [4] (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 eupulmonate gastropod mollusc in the family Hygromiidae, the hairy snails and their allies. [5]

Contents

This is the type species of the genus Monacha .

Distribution

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European distribution

The native distribution of this species is Atlantic-Mediterranean. [6] 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. [10]

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References

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Monacha cartusiana
  1. Neubert, E. (2011). "Monacha cartusiana". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2011. IUCN: e.T157222A5056149. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2011-1.RLTS.T157222A5056149.en .
  2. 1 2 Müller, O.F. (1774). Vermium terrestrium et fluviatilium, seu animalium infusorium, Helminthicorum, et testaceorum, non marinorum, succincta historia. Havniae and Lipsiae: Heineck and Faber.
  3. Gray, J.E. (1821). "A natural arrangement of Mollusca, according to their internal structure". London Medical Repository. 15 (87): 229–239.
  4. Caziot, E. (1909). "Description d'espèces nouvelles de mollusques terrestres et fluviatiles du département des Alpes-Maritimes". Bulletin de la Société zoologique de France. 34: 87–95, 99–104.
  5. MolluscaBase eds (ed.). "Monacha cartusiana (O. F. Müller, 1774)". MolluscaBase. Flanders Marine Institute. Retrieved 23 August 2024.
  6. (in Slovak) Lisický M. J. (1991). Mollusca Slovenska [The Slovak molluscs]. VEDA vydavateľstvo Slovenskej akadémie vied, Bratislava, 344 pp.
  7. Protection for wild animals on Schedule 5 of the Wildlife and Countryside Act, 1981. website accessed 7 August 2009.
  8. Balashov I. & Gural-Sverlova N. 2012. An annotated checklist of the terrestrial molluscs of Ukraine. Journal of Conchology. 41 (1): 91-109.
  9. Robinson, D.G. & J. Slapcinsky. 2005. Recent introductions of alien land snails into North America. American Malacological Bulletin20:89-93.
  10. 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.