Monacha

Monacha is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Hygromiidae, the hairy snails and their allies. The distribution of the genus Monacha includes western Europe, Central Europe, Mediterranean, Asia minor and Turkey (more than 50 species of Monacha), Georgia, Russia, Arabia, Iran, Azerbaijan (1 species). It is not in Armenia. The greatest diversity of species is in the Pontic region. Species within the genus Monacha include: subgenus Monacha subgenus Paratheba subgenus Metatheba subgenus ?