Monacha cartusiana
Species of gastropod
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Monacha cartusiana is a species of small air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial eupulmonate gastropod mollusc in the family Hygromiidae, the hairy snails and their allies.[5]
| Monacha cartusiana | |
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| Two live individuals of Monacha cartusiana on a human hand | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Order: | Stylommatophora |
| Family: | Hygromiidae |
| Genus: | Monacha |
| Species: | M. cartusiana |
| Binomial name | |
| Monacha cartusiana (O. F. Müller, 1774)[2] | |
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This is the type species of the genus Monacha.
Distribution
The native distribution of this species is Atlantic-Mediterranean.[6] 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.[7]
- Ukraine[8]
This species has been accidentally introduced and naturalized in:
- United States - Newcastle County, Delaware[9]
Life cycle
The size of the egg is 1.8 mm.[10]
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