Monacha cartusiana is a species of small air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Hygromiidae, the hairy snails and their allies.[3]
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Two live individuals of Monacha cartusiana on a human hand | |
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(unranked): | clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura clade Panpulmonata clade Eupulmonata clade Stylommatophora informal group Sigmurethra |
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Subfamily: | Monachainae
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Species: | M. cartusiana
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Monacha cartusiana (O. F. Müller, 1774)[2]
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This is the type species of the genus Monacha.
The native distribution of this species is Atlantic-Mediterranean.[4] It lives in various areas including:
This species has been accidentally introduced and naturalized in:
The size of the egg is 1.8 mm.[8]