Monacha cartusiana
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| Two live individuals of Monacha cartusiana on a human hand | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Heterobranchia clade Euthyneura clade Panpulmonata clade Eupulmonata clade Stylommatophora informal group Sigmurethra |
| Superfamily: | Helicoidea |
| Family: | Hygromiidae |
| Subfamily: | Monachainae |
| Genus: | Monacha |
| Species: | M. cartusiana |
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Monacha cartusiana (O. F. Müller, 1774) |
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| Synonyms | |
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Helix cartusiana Müller, 1774 |
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Helix cartusiana Müller, 1774
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.
This is the type species of the genus Monacha.
The native distribution of this species is Atlantic-Mediterranean. It lives in various areas including:
This species has been accidentally introduced and naturalized in:
The size of the egg is 1.8 mm.
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