#4654 · 🐌 snails, slugs & other molluscs

Carthusian Nun Snail

🇳🇱 Kleine karthuizerslak ·Monacha cartusiana

LCleast concern 🐌 Snails, slugs & other molluscs 📍 in the Netherlands

10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences

1. © Nataël Adam · CC BY-NC 4.0
2. © mgreilhuber · CC BY-NC 4.0
3. © Ferran Turmo Gort · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
4. © Gargominy O. · CC BY 4.0
5. © H. Zell · CC BY-SA 4.0
6. Herwen, Tolkamer, Niederlande:© Francisco Welter-Schultes · CC BY-NC 4.0
7. Botlek, Rotterdam, Nederland:© dgcurrywheel · CC BY-NC 4.0
8. 5366 Megen, Nederland:© André Nagelhout · CC BY-NC 4.0
9. Amsterdam Nieuw-West, Amsterdam, Nederland:© peterschiphof · CC BY-NC 4.0
10. Winssen:© leenb · CC BY-NC 4.0

what is it?

Monacha cartusiana is a species of small air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Hygromiidae, the hairy snails and their allies.

base stats

NL sightings 30iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 7,481iNaturalist observations
threat LCleast concern

Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).