Monacha cantiana

Short description: Species of gastropod

Monacha cantiana

Shell of Monacha cantiana (specimen at MNHN, Paris)
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. cantiana

Binomial name
Monacha cantiana

(Montagu, 1803)

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.

## Contents

* 1 Distribution
* 2 Life cycle
* 3 References
* 4 External links

## Distribution

Distribution of Monacha cantiana in Europe

This species is known to occur in European countries and islands including:[1]

* Great Britain, England
* France
* Italy
* Belgium
* Netherlands
* Germany
* Czech Republic - non-indigenous in Bohemia since 2009[2]

Africa:

* Egypt[3]

## Life cycle

The size of the egg is 1.8 mm.[4]

## References

1. ↑ Species summary for Monacha cantiana. AnimalBase, last modified 25-01-2009 by F. Welter Schultes, accessed 17 April 2009.
2. ↑ Hlaváč J. Č. & Peltanová A. (2010). "First occurrence of the Kentish Snail Monacha cantiana (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Hygromiidae) in the Czech Republic". Malacologica Bohemoslovaca 9: 11–15. PDF
3. ↑ Commonwealth of Australia. (April 2002) "Citrus Imports from the Arab Republic of Egypt. A Review Under Existing Import Conditions for Citrus from Israel" . Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry, Australia. Caption: Gastropods, page 12 and Appendix 2.
4. ↑ Heller J.: Life History Strategies. In: Barker G. M. (ed.) (2001). The biology of terrestrial molluscs. CABI Publishing, Oxon, UK, ISBN 0-85199-318-4. 1-146, cited page: 428.

## External links

* Two images of a mating pair

Wikidata ☰ Q3075232 entry

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