- Monachoides vicinus
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Monachoides vicinus Conservation status NE[1]Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Mollusca Class: Gastropoda (unranked): clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura
clade Panpulmonata
clade Eupulmonata
clade Stylommatophora
informal group SigmurethraSuperfamily: Helicoidea Family: Hygromiidae Genus: Monachoides Species: M. vicinus Binomial name Monachoides vicinus
(O. F. Müller, 1774)Monachoides vicinus is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Hygromiidae, the hairy snails and their allies.
Description
These snails use love darts as part of their mating behavior.
Distribution
This snail is found in the Czech Republic, Poland, Slovakia and other countries.
References
- ^ IUCN 2007. 2007 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 04 October 2008.
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