Monacha
| Monacha | |
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| Two live individuals of Monacha cartusiana on a human hand | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Heterobranchia clade Euthyneura clade Panpulmonata clade Eupulmonata clade Stylommatophora informal group Sigmurethra |
| Superfamily: | Helicoidea |
| Family: | Hygromiidae |
| Subfamily: | Monachainae |
| Genus: |
Monacha Fitzinger, 1833 |
| Type species | |
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Monacha cartusiana (Müller, 1774) |
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| Diversity | |
| 80 species | |
Monacha is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Hygromiidae, the hairy snails and their allies.
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.
The greatest diversity of species is in the Pontic region.
Species within the genus Monacha include:
subgenus Monacha
subgenus Paratheba
subgenus Metatheba
subgenus ?
The species Ashfordiana granulata (Alder, 1830) is often also grouped under the genus Monacha.
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