title: A further northward expansion of the invasive land snails Monacha cartusiana and M. Fruticola (Stylommatophora: Hygromiidae) in Eastern Europe
abstract: Land snails of the genus Monacha are shown to have expanded widely northward in Eastern Europe during the last decade. Previously their ranges there were limited to Southern Ukraine, Caucasus and several isolated colonies in Western Ukraine. Our new reports cover all parts of Ukraine, as well as some regions of southern Belarus and western Russia. We have sampled 5 large colonies of M. cartusiana in Kyiv region (Central Ukraine) and one in Kharkiv city (northeastern Ukraine), as well as two colo
journal: Folia Malacologica