Monacha cantiana

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Monacha cantiana
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Shell of Monacha cantiana (specimen at MNHN, Paris)
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clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura
clade Panpulmonata
clade Eupulmonata
clade Stylommatophora
informal group Sigmurethra
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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.

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Distribution

Distribution of Monacha cantiana in Europe Monacha-cantiana-map-eur-nm-moll.jpg
Distribution of Monacha cantiana in Europe

This species is known to occur in European countries and islands including: [1]

Africa:

Life cycle

The size of the egg is 1.8 mm. [4]

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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 Bohemoslovaca9: 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" Archived 2009-01-09 at the Wayback Machine . 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.