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Monacha cantiana

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Family
  
Hygromiidae

Genus
  
Monacha

Phylum
  
Mollusca

Rank
  
Species

Superfamily
  
Helicoidea

Subfamily
  
Monachainae

Scientific name
  
Monacha cantiana

Higher classification
  
Monacha

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Similar
  
Monacha, Gastropods, Molluscs, Hygromiidae, Hygromia cinctella

Monacha cantiana, common name the "Kentish snail" or "Kentish garden snail", is a species of medium-sized 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 is known to occur in European countries and islands including:

  • Great Britain, England
  • France
  • Italy
  • Belgium
  • Netherlands
  • Germany
  • Czech Republic - non-indigenous in Bohemia since 2009
  • Africa:

  • Egypt
  • Life cycle

    The size of the egg is 1.8 mm.

    References

    Monacha cantiana Wikipedia