Biology:Monacha obstructa
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Short description: Species of gastropod
| Monacha obstructa | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Heterobranchia |
| Order: | Stylommatophora |
| Family: | Hygromiidae |
| Genus: | Monacha |
| Species: | M. obstructa
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| Monacha obstructa (Pfeiffer, 1842)[1]
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Monacha obstructa is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Hygromiidae, the hairy snails and their allies.
Distribution
This species occurs in Egypt and Israel. M. obstructa is also invasive in Saudi Arabia and Qatar.[2]
Parasites
Parasites of Monacha obstructa include:
- Brachylaima sp. in the kidney of infected snails[3][4][5]
References
- ↑ Pfeiffer L. 1842. Symbolae ad historiam heliceorum. Sectio altera. pp. 1–147. Cassellis. (Th. Fischer). page 35.
- ↑ "Monacha obstructa". Species. GBIF. http://www.gbif.org/species/9563513.
- ↑ Rashed AA (August 2008). "A new parasitic metacercaria from the land snail Monacha obstructa pfeiffer1842 with critical review on relevant metacercariae belonging to the genus Brachylaima Dujardin 1843". Journal of the Egyptian Society of Parasitology 38 (2): 483–500. PMID 18853622.
- ↑ "The histopathological effect of metacercariae of the genus Brachylaima on the land snail, Monacha obstructa". Journal of the Egyptian Society of Parasitology 25 (2): 535–42. August 1995. PMID 7665950.
- ↑ "Morphological and anatomical studies on larval trematode of genus Brachylaima (Brachylaimidae) from the land snail, Monacha obstructa". Journal of the Egyptian Society of Parasitology 25 (2): 407–15. August 1995. PMID 7665936.
External links
- http://www.animalbase.uni-goettingen.de/zooweb/servlet/AnimalBase/home/species?id=2397
- Férussac A. E. J. P. J. F. d'Audebard de 1821-1822. Tableaux systématiques des animaux mollusques classés en familles naturelles, dans lesquels on a établi la concordance de tous les systèmes; suivis d'un prodrome général pour tous les mollusques terrestres ou fluviatiles, vivants ou fossiles. pp. j-xlvij [= 1-47], [1], 1-110, [1]. Paris, Londres. (Bertrand, Sowerby). page 69
Wikidata ☰ Q6897763 entry
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