A new record of a white terrestrial snail monacha obstructa (pfeiffer,1842)‎, (gastropoda : pulmonata)‎ from the Iraqi Marshes

الملخص EN

In this paper, the white land snail Monacha obstructa (Pfeiffer,1842), is recorded for the first time in Basrah.

This snail was collected from Basrah marshes, It is considered as an economical detriment animal, for its voraciousness in eating vegetables and small plants.

The farmers used poisoned extermination to terminate it.