Monachoides incarnatus

Monachoides incarnatus (syn. Perforatella incarnata) is a species of air-breathing land snail in the terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk family Hygromiidae, the hairy snails and their allies.^[3]

Subspecies

• Monachoides incarnatus amatus (Stabile, 1859)
• Monachoides incarnatus incarnatus (O. F. Müller, 1774)
• Monachoides incarnatus welebitanus (L. Pfeiffer, 1848)

Monachoides incarnatus
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Order:	Stylommatophora
Family:	Hygromiidae
Genus:	Monachoides
Species:	M. incarnatus
Binomial name
Monachoides incarnatus (O. F. Müller, 1774)[2]
Synonyms
Helix incarnata Müller, 1774 Perforatella (Monachoides) incarnata (O. F. Müller, 1774) Perforatella incarnata (O. F. Müller, 1774) (superseded generic combination)

Distribution

This snail species is widespread in Europe, and most abundant in Central Europe.^[1] It can be found in the Czech Republic, Bulgaria, Netherlands, Poland, Slovakia, Ukraine,^[4] and many other countries.^[1]

Biology

This species of snail creates and uses love darts as part of its mating behavior.

The egg is 2 millimeters wide.^[5]

Conservation

This common species has stable populations facing no apparent threats, and no specific conservation actions are underway.^[1]