Monachoides incarnatus

Monachoides incarnatus
Monachoides incarnatus
Monachoides incarnatus
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 Sigmurethra
Superfamily: Helicoidea
Family: Hygromiidae
Genus: Monachoides
Species: M. incarnatus
Binomial name
Monachoides incarnatus
(O. F. Müller, 1774)[2]
Synonyms

Helix incarnata Müller, 1774
Perforatella incarnata

Monachoides incarnatus, also known as Perforatella incarnata, is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Hygromiidae, the hairy snails and their allies.

Life cycle

This species of snail creates and uses love darts as part of its mating behavior.

The size of the egg is 2 mm.[3]

Distribution

This snail species is found in the Czech Republic, Bulgaria, Netherlands, Poland, Slovakia and other countries.

References

  1. ^ 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Cited 9 January 2008.
  2. ^ 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).
  3. ^ 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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