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Monacha
Two live individuals of Monacha cartusiana on a human hand
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Monacha

Type species
Helix cartusiana
(Müller, 1774)
Diversity[2]
80 species

Monacha is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Hygromiidae, the hairy snails and their allies.

Distribution

The distribution of the genus Monacha includes western Europe, Central Europe, Mediterranean, Asia minor and Turkey (more than 50 species of Monacha),[3] Georgia, Russia, Arabia, Iran, Azerbaijan (1 species).[4] It is not in Armenia.[4]

The greatest diversity of species is in the Pontic region.[4]

Species

Species within the genus Monacha include:[4]

subgenus Monacha

subgenus Paratheba

subgenus Metatheba

subgenus ?

The species Ashfordiana granulata (Alder, 1830) is often also grouped under the genus Monacha.

References

  1. ^ Fitzinger L. I. (1833). "Systematisches Verzeichniß der im Erzherzogthume Oesterreich vorkommenden Weichthiere, als Prodrom einer Fauna derselben". Beiträge zur Landeskunde Oesterreich's unter der Enns 3: 88-122. Wien.
  2. ^ "Species in genus Monacha". AnimalBase, accessed 29 December 2010.
  3. ^ Hausdorf B. (2000). "The genus Monacha in Turkey (Gastropoda: Pulmonata: Hygromiidae)". Arch. Molluskenk. 128: 61-151.
  4. ^ a b c d e f g Hausdorf B. (2000). "The genus Monacha in the Western Caucasus (Gastropoda: Hygromiidae)". Journal of Natural History 34(8): 1575-1594. PDF Archived 2009-03-06 at the Wayback Machine. doi:10.1080/00222930050117495.
  5. ^ Hausdorf & Páll-Gergely B. (2009). "Monacha oecali new species from southern Turkey (Gastropoda:Hygromiidae) ". Journal of Conchology 40(1): 15-18. abstract[permanent dead link].
  6. ^ Páll-Gergely B. (2010). "New and little known land snails from Turkey (Gastropoda: Pulmonata)". Zoology in the Middle East 50: 89-94. Heidelberg. abstract.