Poole, Karen E.
Monacha
Sign in to saveMonacha is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Trochulininae Lindholm, 1927 of the family Hygromiidae, the hairy snails and their allies.
Species
Monk Parakeet
KINGDOM
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumMollusca
- ClassGastropoda
- OrderStylommatophora
- FamilyHygromiidae
via GBIF
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 819
- With media
- 26
- Family
- Hygromiidae
- Collections
- RBINS-SCIENTIFIC HERITAGE
- Recorded in
- Turkey, Netherlands, France, Palestinian Territory, Portugal, Switzerland, Italy, Austria
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
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- Image
- Monacha cartusiana fg01.jpg
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- taxon name
- Monacha
- taxon rank
- genus
- taxon common name
- Kartuizerslakken
- Commons category
- Monacha
- taxonomic type
- Monacha cartusiana
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Encyclopedic overview
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Monacha is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Trochulininae Lindholm, 1927 of the family Hygromiidae, the hairy snails and their allies.
== Distribution == The distribution of the genus Monacha includes western Europe, Central Europe, Mediterranean, Asia minor and Turkey (more than 50 species of Monacha), Georgia, Russia, Arabia, Iran, Azerbaijan (1 species). It is not in Armenia.
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