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

References

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. . pp. j-xlvij [= 1-47], [1], 1–110, [1]. Paris, Londres. (Bertrand, Sowerby). page 69