Biology:Monacha obstructa

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Short description: Species of gastropod

Monacha obstructa
Monacha obstructa.jpg
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
Order: Stylommatophora
Family: Hygromiidae
Genus: Monacha
Species:
M. obstructa
Binomial name
Monacha obstructa
(Pfeiffer, 1842)[1]
Synonyms
  • Helix obstructa Pfeiffer, 1842

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:

References

  1. Pfeiffer L. 1842. Symbolae ad historiam heliceorum. Sectio altera. pp. 1–147. Cassellis. (Th. Fischer). page 35.
  2. "Monacha obstructa". Species. GBIF. http://www.gbif.org/species/9563513. 
  3. 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. 
  4. "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. 
  5. "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

Wikidata ☰ Q6897763 entry