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Genus of gastropods

Monacha
Two live individuals of Monacha cartusiana on a human hand
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
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
  • Monacha talischana (E. von Martens, 1880)
Synonyms
  • Monacha beieri Klemm, 1962: synonym of Monacha haussknechti (O. Boettger, 1886) (junior synonym)
  • Monacha fallax A. J. Wagner, 1914: synonym of Monachoides fallax (A. J. Wagner, 1914) (original combination)
  • Monacha ruffoi Giusti, 1973: synonym of Monacha pantanellii (De Stefani, 1879) (junior synonym)
  • Monacha tschegemica Schileyko, 1988: synonym of Paratheba roseni (Hesse, 1914): synonym of Monacha roseni (Hesse, 1914) (junior synonym)

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. 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.
  • 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.

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