Monacha

Monacha
Two live individuals of Monacha cartusiana on a human hand
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Stylommatophora
Infraorder: Helicoidei
Superfamily: Helicoidea
Family: Hygromiidae
Genus: Monacha
Fitzinger, 1833
Type species
Helix cartusiana O. F. Müller, 1774
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)

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:

The species Ashfordiana granulata (Alder, 1830) is often also grouped under the genus Monacha.

Taxon inquirendum
Synonyms

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. 1 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. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Hausdorf B. (2000). "The genus Monacha in the Western Caucasus (Gastropoda: Hygromiidae)". Journal of Natural History 34(8): 1575-1594. PDF Archived 2009-03-06 at the Wayback Machine. doi:10.1080/00222930050117495.
  5. ↑ "Monacha fruticola (Krynicki, 1833)". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 27 October 2021.
  6. ↑ Páll-Gergely B. (2010). "New and little known land snails from Turkey (Gastropoda: Pulmonata)". Zoology in the Middle East 50: 89-94. Heidelberg. abstract.
  7. ↑ Hausdorf & Páll-Gergely B. (2009). "Monacha oecali new species from southern Turkey (Gastropoda:Hygromiidae) ". Journal of Conchology 40(1): 15-18. abstract.