Monacha obstructa

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Monacha obstructa
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
Order: Stylommatophora
Family: Hygromiidae
Genus: Monacha
Species:
M. obstructa
Binomial name
Monacha obstructa
(Pfeiffer, 1842) [1]
Synonyms
  • Helix obstructa Pfeiffer, 1842

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

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Distribution

This species occurs in Egypt and Israel. M. obstructa is also invasive in Saudi Arabia and Qatar. [2]

Parasites

Parasites of Monacha obstructa include:

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References

  1. Pfeiffer L. 1842. Symbolae ad historiam heliceorum. Sectio altera. pp. 1–147. Cassellis. (Th. Fischer). page 35.
  2. "Monacha obstructa". Global Biodiversity Information Facility .
  3. Rashed AA (August 2008). "A new parasitic metacercaria from the land snail Monacha obstructa pfeiffer1842 with critical review on relevant metacercariae belonging to the genus Brachylaima Dujardin 1843". Journal of the Egyptian Society of Parasitology. 38 (2): 483–500. PMID   18853622.
  4. Rashed AA, Wanas MQ, al Shareef AM, al Attar NM, Sabry AA, Morsy TA (August 1995). "The histopathological effect of metacercariae of the genus Brachylaima on the land snail, Monacha obstructa". Journal of the Egyptian Society of Parasitology. 25 (2): 535–42. PMID   7665950.
  5. Wanas MQ, Rashed AA, al Shareef AM, al Attar MN, Abdalla HM (August 1995). "Morphological and anatomical studies on larval trematode of genus Brachylaima (Brachylaimidae) from the land snail, Monacha obstructa". Journal of the Egyptian Society of Parasitology. 25 (2): 407–15. PMID   7665936.