Monacha obstructa explained

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 and Israel. M. obstructa is also invasive in Saudi Arabia and Qatar.

Parasites

Parasites of Monacha obstructa include:

• Brachylaima sp. in the kidney of infected snails^{[1] [2] [3]}

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

Notes and References

1. Rashed AA . 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 . August 2008 . 18853622.
2. Rashed AA, Wanas MQ, al Shareef AM, al Attar NM, Sabry AA, Morsy TA . 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 . August 1995 . 7665950.
3. Wanas MQ, Rashed AA, al Shareef AM, al Attar MN, Abdalla HM . 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 . August 1995 . 7665936.