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title: "Kentish Nun Snail"
description: "Monacha cantiana — Other animals. Monacha cantiana, common name the Kentish snail or Kentish garden snail, is a species of medium-sized air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Hygromiidae, the hairy snails and their allies."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/animal/kentish-nun-snail
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Kentish Nun Snail

> Monacha cantiana — Other animals. Monacha cantiana, common name the Kentish snail or Kentish garden snail, is a species of medium-sized air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Hygromiidae, the hairy snails and their allies.

- Scientific name: *Monacha cantiana*
- Category: `other` (Other animals)
- Habitats: `urban` (Towns & gardens)
- iNaturalist observations: 6198
- Wikidata: [Q3075232](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3075232)
- iNaturalist taxon: [105968](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/105968)

## Names

- en: Kentish Nun Snail
- de: Große Kartäuserschnecke
- fr: Moine globuleux
- nl: Grote kartuizerslak

## Countries with the most observations

GB (3015), IT (103), FR (89), BE (75), NL (33), AT (30), DE (10), DK (5), ES (3), SI (3)

## Summary

Monacha cantiana, common name the Kentish snail or Kentish garden snail, is a species of medium-sized air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Hygromiidae, the hairy snails and their allies.

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

## Photo

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

Photo: Piermario Maculan · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/181168020

## Machine access

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