New records, reported here, of the invasive land snail Monacha cartusiana in Khoyniki city extend the known range of the species in the regions of Gomel and Brest of southern Belarus. Apart from the shells, the reproductive anatomy of M. cartusiana from Khoyniki are described and illustrated, confirming their identity as distinct from the conchologically indistinguishable Monacha claustralis. M. cartusiana occupies open, anthropogenic habitats in S. Belarus. It is likely that its spread into Belarus is caused by accidental transport on road transport and railways from Poland and Ukraine to the south and west.
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