Biology:Monacha cantiana

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Short description: Species of gastropod

Monacha cantiana
Monacha cantiana (MNHN-IM-2010-13205).jpeg
Shell of Monacha cantiana (specimen at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Class:
(unranked):
Superfamily:
Family:
Subfamily:
Monachainae
Genus:
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.

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:

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


Wikidata ☰ Q3075232 entry