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Monacha cartusiana 
Two live individuals of Monacha cartusiana on a human hand Conservation status NE[1]Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Mollusca Class: Gastropoda Family: Hygromiidae Genus: Monacha Species: M. cartusiana Binomial name Monacha cartusiana
(O. F. Müller, 1774)[2]Synonyms Helix cartusiana Müller, 1774
Monacha cartusiana is a species of small air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Hygromiidae, the hairy snails and their allies.
This is the type species of the genus Monacha.
Distribution
Distribution of this species is Atlantic-Mediterranean.[3] It lives in areas including:
- Great Britain. This species was fully protected in the United Kingdom under the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 from 1981 to 1988.[4]
Life cycle
The size of the egg is 1.8 mm.[5]
References
- ^ IUCN 2007. 2007 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 04 October 2008.
- ^ Müller, O. F. 1774. Vermivm terrestrium et fluviatilium, seu animalium infusoriorum, helminthicorum, et testaceorum, non marinorum, succincta historia. Volumen alterum. pp. I-XXVI [= 1-36], 1-214, [1-10]. Havniae & Lipsiae. (Heineck & Faber).
- ^ (Slovak) Lisický M. J. 1991. Mollusca Slovenska [The Slovak molluscs]. VEDA vydavateľstvo Slovenskej akadémie vied, Bratislava, 344 pp.
- ^ Protection for wild animals on Schedule 5 of the Wildlife and Countryside Act, 1981. website accessed 7 August 2009.
- ^ Heller J.: Life History Strategies. in Barker G. M. (ed.): The biology of terrestrial molluscs. CABI Publishing, Oxon, UK, 2001, ISBN 0-85199-318-4. 1-146, cited page: 428.
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