Monacha

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Genus of gastropods

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::summary Genus of gastropods ::

|image = Monacha cartusiana fg01.jpg |image_caption = Two live individuals of Monacha cartusiana on a human hand |taxon= Monacha |authority= Fitzinger, 1833 |synonyms_ref = |synonyms =

  • Boemica Schileyko, 1978
  • Carthusiana Kobelt, 1871
  • Carthusianana Fagot, 1893
  • Cemeneleana Caziot, 1908
  • Eutheba H. Nordsieck, 1993
  • Helix (Carthusiana) Kobelt, 1871
  • Helix (Monacha) Fitzinger, 1833
  • Helix (Zenobia) Gray, 1821 (subjective senior synonym of Monacha Fitzinger, 1833)
  • Monacha (Aegaeotheba) Neiber & Hausdorf, 2017· accepted, alternate representation
  • Monacha (Eutheba) H. Nordsieck, 1993 (original rank)
  • Monacha (Metatheba) P. Hesse, 1914· accepted, alternate representation
  • Monacha (Monacha) Fitzinger, 1833· accepted, alternate representation
  • Monacha (Paratheba) P. Hesse, 1914· accepted, alternate representation
  • Monacha (Pontotheba) Neiber & Hausdorf, 2017· accepted, alternate representation
  • Monacha (Rhytidotheba) Neiber & Hausdorf, 2017· accepted, alternate representation
  • Monacha (Szentgalya) L. Pintér, 1977
  • Monacha (Trichotheba) Neiber & Hausdorf, 2017· accepted, alternate representation
  • Olivieriana Bourguignat, 1860
  • Orsiniana Caziot, 1910
  • Paratheba P. Hesse, 1914 (unaccepted rank)
  • Rhytidotheba Neiber & Hausdorf, 2017 (unaccepted rank)
  • Zenobia Gray, 1821 (subjective senior synonym of Monacha Fitzinger, 1833; considered a nomen oblitum) |type_species = Helix cartusiana O. F. Müller, 1774 |display_parents= 3

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.

The greatest diversity of species is in the Pontic region.

Species

Species within the genus Monacha include:

References

  • Pintér, L. (1977). Studien an Monacha (Gastropoda: Helicidae), I. Über die subgenerische Zugehörigkeit von Monacha gregaria (Rossmässler). Archiv für Molluskenkunde. 108: 53–55.
  • Nordsieck, H. (1993). Das System der paläarktischen Hygromiidae (Gastropoda: Stylommatophora: Helicoidea). Archiv für Molluskenkunde, 122 (Zilch-Festschrift): 1-23. Frankfurt am Main
  • Bank, R. A. (2017). Classification of the Recent terrestrial Gastropoda of the World. Last update: July 16, 2017
  • Holyoak, D. T. & Holyoak, G. A. (2018). A new genus Zenobiellina for Helix subrufescens Miller, 1822 (Hygromiidae), with description of a new congeneric species from northern Spain. Iberus. 36 (2): 133–147.

References

  1. Fitzinger L. I. (1833). "Systematisches Verzeichniß der im Erzherzogthume Oesterreich vorkommenden Weichthiere, als Prodrom einer Fauna derselben". ''Beiträge zur Landeskunde Oesterreich's unter der Enns'' '''3''': 88-122. Wien.
  2. MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Monacha Fitzinger, 1833. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=426406 on 2021-08-12
  3. Hausdorf B. (2000). "The genus ''Monacha'' in Turkey (Gastropoda: Pulmonata: Hygromiidae)". ''Arch. Molluskenk.'' '''128''': 61-151.
  4. Hausdorf B. (2000). "The genus ''Monacha'' in the Western Caucasus (Gastropoda: Hygromiidae)". ''[[Journal of Natural History]]'' '''34'''(8): 1575-1594. [http://www.biologie.uni-hamburg.de/zim/mollu/literatur/MonCauc00.pdf PDF] {{webarchive. link. (2009-03-06 . {{doi). 10.1080/00222930050117495.
  5. "Monacha fruticola (Krynicki, 1833)".
  6. Páll-Gergely B. (2010). "New and little known land snails from Turkey (Gastropoda: Pulmonata)". ''[[Zoology in the Middle East]]'' '''50''': 89-94. Heidelberg. [http://www.kasparek-verlag.de/PDF%20Abstracts/PDF50%20Abstracts/089-094%20Pall-Gergely.pdf abstract].
  7. Hausdorf & Páll-Gergely B. (2009). "''Monacha oecali'' new species from southern Turkey (Gastropoda:Hygromiidae) ". ''[[Journal of Conchology]]'' '''40'''(1): 15-18. [https://web.archive.org/web/20101228092818/http://www.conchsoc.org//resources/show-abstract-40.php?id=173 abstract].

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