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Monacha obstructa

Status not recordedsnails and slugs

Monacha obstructa is a species in the family Hygromiidae.

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Quick facts about Monacha obstructa

Weight
Not recorded
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
Not recorded
Young per litter or clutch
Not recorded
Conservation status
Not recorded
Countries on record
Not recorded

Where does Monacha obstructa live?

Not recorded

Where has it been introduced?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists Monacha obstructa as introduced in 2 countries.

  1. Qatar
  2. Saudi Arabia

Introduced means brought by people and now present; invasive means the country's checklist records an impact. A species can be native to one part of a country and introduced in another. Source: Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species (CC BY 4.0).

Is Monacha obstructa endangered?

No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.

How is Monacha obstructa classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumMollusca
  3. classGastropoda
  4. familyHygromiidae
  5. genusMonacha
  6. SpeciesMonacha obstructa (L. Pfeiffer, 1842)

Synonyms Helix obstructa, Helix obstructa var. depressula, Helix obstructa var. dilatata, Helix schotti, Monacha obstructa

Other names and names in other languages (1)
  • נזירית טבוריתHebrew

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of Monacha obstructa

Other species in the same genus Monacha.

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Common questions

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Is Monacha obstructa an invasive species?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists Monacha obstructa as introduced in 2 countries: Qatar and Saudi Arabia, but does not flag it as invasive in any of them.

Sources and how to cite this page

Data as of 2026-11-14. How this page is put together.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Monacha obstructa (Monacha obstructa). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/monacha-obstructa

MLA

“Monacha obstructa (Monacha obstructa).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/monacha-obstructa.

BibTeX
@misc{monacha_obstructa_2026,
  title = {Monacha obstructa (Monacha obstructa)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/monacha-obstructa},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-14}
}