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title: "Carthusian Nun Snail"
description: "Monacha cartusiana — Other animals. Monacha cartusiana is a species of small air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial eupulmonate gastropod mollusc in the family Hygromiidae, the hairy snails and their allies."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/animal/carthusian-nun-snail
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Carthusian Nun Snail

> Monacha cartusiana — Other animals. Monacha cartusiana is a species of small air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial  eupulmonate gastropod mollusc in the family Hygromiidae, the hairy snails and their allies.

- Scientific name: *Monacha cartusiana*
- Category: `other` (Other animals)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 7302
- Wikidata: [Q1734674](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1734674)
- iNaturalist taxon: [105970](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/105970)

## Names

- en: Carthusian Nun Snail
- de: Kartäuserschnecke
- fr: Petit moine
- nl: Kleine kartuizerslak
- pl: Ślimak kartuzek

## Countries with the most observations

DE (663), UA (630), FR (546), PL (286), ES (230), US (196), IT (134), CZ (99), HU (81), AT (66), RU (49), PT (37)

## Summary

Monacha cartusiana is a species of small air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial  eupulmonate gastropod mollusc in the family Hygromiidae, the hairy snails and their allies.
This is the type species of the genus Monacha.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monacha_cartusiana

## Photo

![Carthusian Nun Snail](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/carthusian-nun-snail/medium.jpg)

Photo: Llydia · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/394066711

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/carthusian-nun-snail?lang=en` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).