Monacha cartusiana (O. F. Mueller , 1774)

Plazzi, Federico & Pedroni, Guido, 2023, Biodiversity of extant snails (Gastropoda, Mollusca) in the Pliocene Mountain Spur Natural Reserve (Northern Apennine, Italy), Biodiversity Data Journal 11, pp. 95688-95688 : 95688

Monacha cartusiana (O. F. Mueller, 1774)

Materials

Type status: Other material. Occurrence : recordedBy: Pedroni ; individualCount: 2; occurrenceID: 513F70C9-75C0-54D6-9324-53E95FC05D31; Location : country: Italy; locality: Monte del Frate (at the base of the mountain in a moist dell) (4), PMS, Setta Valley ; verbatimElevation: 335 m; Identification: identifiedBy: Della Bella & Scarponi; Event: eventDate: 28.VIII.2020

Notes

Shell delicate, whitish, sometimes beige; peristome edge shows a thin, brown-reddish band; more flattened than M. cantiana . Specimens were collected near to the high sandstone outcrops of Monte del Frate, at a depth of approximately 50 cm. This is a thermophilic species with a wide distribution, inhabiting meadows, cultivated fields, gardens, vineyards, roadsides and ruins ( Cossignani and Cossignani 1995, Girod 2011, Welter-Schultes 2012); it also tolerates sheep or cattle grazing in grasslands ( Welter-Schultes 2012). It is common to find this species even at hill elevations, albeit it becomes rare above 700 m ( Kerney and Cameron 1979, Boato et al. 1984, Welter-Schultes 2012).