Monacha obstructa

Monacha obstructa
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
Genus:	Monacha
Species:	M. obstructa
Binomial name
	Monacha obstructa; (Pfeiffer, 1842)
Synonyms
	Helix obstructa Pfeiffer, 1842

Monacha obstructa is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Hygromiidae, the hairy snails and their allies.

Distribution[]

This species occurs in Egypt. M. obstructa is also invasive in Saudi Arabia and Qatar.^[2]

Parasites[]

Parasites of Monacha obstructa include:

Brachylaima sp. in the kidney of infected snails^[3]^[4]^[5]

References[]

^ Pfeiffer L. 1842. Symbolae ad historiam heliceorum. Sectio altera. pp. 1–147. Cassellis. (Th. Fischer). page 35.
^ "Monacha obstructa". Global Biodiversity Information Facility.
^ Rashed AA (August 2008). "A new parasitic metacercaria from the land snail Monacha obstructa pfeiffer1842 with critical review on relevant metacercariae belonging to the genus Brachylaima Dujardin 1843". Journal of the Egyptian Society of Parasitology. 38 (2): 483–500. PMID 18853622.
^ Rashed AA, Wanas MQ, al Shareef AM, al Attar NM, Sabry AA, Morsy TA (August 1995). "The histopathological effect of metacercariae of the genus Brachylaima on the land snail, Monacha obstructa". Journal of the Egyptian Society of Parasitology. 25 (2): 535–42. PMID 7665950.
^ Wanas MQ, Rashed AA, al Shareef AM, al Attar MN, Abdalla HM (August 1995). "Morphological and anatomical studies on larval trematode of genus Brachylaima (Brachylaimidae) from the land snail, Monacha obstructa". Journal of the Egyptian Society of Parasitology. 25 (2): 407–15. PMID 7665936.

External links[]

http://www.animalbase.uni-goettingen.de/zooweb/servlet/AnimalBase/home/species?id=2397
Férussac A. E. J. P. J. F. d'Audebard de 1821-1822. Tableaux systématiques des animaux mollusques classés en familles naturelles, dans lesquels on a établi la concordance de tous les systèmes; suivis d'un prodrome général pour tous les mollusques terrestres ou fluviatiles, vivants ou fossiles. pp. j-xlvij [= 1-47], [1], 1-110, [1]. Paris, Londres. (Bertrand, Sowerby). page 69

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[1] Pfeiffer L. 1842. Symbolae ad historiam heliceorum. Sectio altera. pp. 1–147. Cassellis. (Th. Fischer). page 35.

[GBIF-2] "Monacha obstructa". Global Biodiversity Information Facility.

[3] Rashed AA (August 2008). "A new parasitic metacercaria from the land snail Monacha obstructa pfeiffer1842 with critical review on relevant metacercariae belonging to the genus Brachylaima Dujardin 1843". Journal of the Egyptian Society of Parasitology. 38 (2): 483–500. PMID 18853622.

[4] Rashed AA, Wanas MQ, al Shareef AM, al Attar NM, Sabry AA, Morsy TA (August 1995). "The histopathological effect of metacercariae of the genus Brachylaima on the land snail, Monacha obstructa". Journal of the Egyptian Society of Parasitology. 25 (2): 535–42. PMID 7665950.

[5] Wanas MQ, Rashed AA, al Shareef AM, al Attar MN, Abdalla HM (August 1995). "Morphological and anatomical studies on larval trematode of genus Brachylaima (Brachylaimidae) from the land snail, Monacha obstructa". Journal of the Egyptian Society of Parasitology. 25 (2): 407–15. PMID 7665936.

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