Monacha cartusiana
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.
| Monacha cartusiana | |
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| Two live individuals of Monacha cartusiana on a human hand | |
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| (unranked): | clade Heterobranchia clade Euthyneura clade Panpulmonata clade Eupulmonata clade Stylommatophora informal group Sigmurethra |
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| Subfamily: | Monachainae |
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| Species: | M. cartusiana |
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| Monacha cartusiana (O. F. Müller, 1774)[2] | |
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Helix cartusiana Müller, 1774 | |
This is the type species of the genus Monacha.
Distribution
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Monacha cartusiana
The native distribution of this species is Atlantic-Mediterranean.[3] 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.[4]
- Ukraine[5]
This species has been accidentally introduced and naturalized in:
- United States - Newcastle County, Delaware[6]
Life cycle
The size of the egg is 1.8 mm.[7]
References
- Neubert, E. (2011). "Monacha cartusiana". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN. 2011: e.T157222A5056149. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2011-1.RLTS.T157222A5056149.en. Retrieved 19 July 2018.
- Müller, O. F. 1774. Vermivm terrestrium et fluviatilium, seu animalium infusoriorum, helminthicorum, et testaceorum, non marinorum, succincta historia. Volumen alterum. pp. I-XXVI [= 1-36], 1-214, [1-10]. Havniae & Lipsiae. (Heineck & Faber).
- (in Slovak) Lisický M. J. (1991). Mollusca Slovenska [The Slovak molluscs]. VEDA vydavateľstvo Slovenskej akadémie vied, Bratislava, 344 pp.
- Protection for wild animals on Schedule 5 of the Wildlife and Countryside Act, 1981. website accessed 7 August 2009.
- Balashov I. & Gural-Sverlova N. 2012. An annotated checklist of the terrestrial molluscs of Ukraine. Journal of Conchology. 41 (1): 91-109.
- Robinson, D.G. & J. Slapcinsky. 2005. Recent introductions of alien land snails into North America. American Malacological Bulletin 20:89-93.
- 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.
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