Kentish Nun Snail

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.

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Is it venomous or poisonous?

We have no record of Kentish Nun Snail being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.

Easily confused with

• Monacha cartusiana
• Monacha fruticola
• Fruticicola fruticum
• Harmozica ravergiensis
• Monacha obstructa
• Urticicola umbrosus

Classification

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Mollusca

Class

Gastropoda

Order

Stylommatophora

Family

Hygromiidae

Genus

Monacha

Species

Monacha cantiana

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