Abstract

The species Monacha (Monacha) oshanovae Pintér & Pintér, 1970 (Mollusca: Gastropoda) was re-collected during the period 2007-2016 from various localities of Bulgaria, including and its type locality. New information on this very poorly known species concerning its morphology, anatomy, distribution, biology and ecology was provided. Short notes on the Bulgarian species of the genus Monacha were made.

Highlights

  • The species Monacha (Monacha) oshanovae Pintér & Pintér, 1970 (Mollusca: Gastropoda) was described from SW Bulgaria from the area of Skrat village at the north foothills of Belasitsa Mts. near the Macedonian border

  • The ecological preferences of M. oshanovae being hygrophilic species are rare in the genus Monacha which is consisted mainly by xerophilic species

  • M. oshanovae resembling with Monacha pilosa Pintér, 1968 or/and Monacha (Monacha) ovularis (Bourguignat, 1855), from which it differs mainly by the more depressed shell, not so thick shell wall with not so dense, and well visible hair scars

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Introduction

The species Monacha (Monacha) oshanovae Pintér & Pintér, 1970 (Mollusca: Gastropoda) was described from SW Bulgaria from the area of Skrat village at the north foothills of Belasitsa Mts. near the Macedonian border. The same situation was and concerning the always ignored record of Monacha (Monacha) frequens (Mousson, 1859) which was proven by Pintér & Pintér (1970) from the same area in the country by anatomical study and providing of a drawing of the genitalia. The very poor knowledge on the Bulgarian Monacha species provoked my interest to revise my old collections and to initiate some new collecting trips. In this paper I provide new information on the very poorly known species Monacha oshanovae concerning its morphology, anatomy, distribution, biology and ecology

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