Monacha cantiana
Species of gastropod
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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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| Monacha cantiana | |
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| Shell of Monacha cantiana (specimen at MNHN, Paris) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Order: | Stylommatophora |
| Family: | Hygromiidae |
| Genus: | Monacha |
| Species: | M. cantiana |
| Binomial name | |
| Monacha cantiana (Montagu, 1803) | |
Distribution
This species is known to occur in European countries and islands including:[2]
- Great Britain, England
- France
- Italy
- Belgium
- Netherlands
- Germany
- Czech Republic - non-indigenous in Bohemia since 2009[3]
Africa:
Life cycle
The size of the egg is 1.8 mm.[5]
