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Monacha cartusiana

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Superfamily
  
Subfamily
  
Monachainae

Scientific name
  
Monacha cartusiana

Rank
  
Species

Phylum
  
Family
  
Genus
  
Higher classification
  
Monacha

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Similar
  
Monacha, Gastropods, Molluscs, Hygromiidae, Monacha cantiana

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.

Contents

This is the type species of the genus Monacha.

Distribution

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

  • Great Britain. This species was fully protected in the United Kingdom under the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 from 1981 to 1988.
  • Ukraine
  • This species has been accidentally introduced and naturalized in:

  • United States - Newcastle County, Delaware
  • Life cycle

    The size of the egg is 1.8 mm.

    References

    Monacha cartusiana Wikipedia