Monachoides kosovoensis is a species of airâÂÂbreathing land snail in the family Hygromiidae. It is known only from a highâÂÂelevation locality in eastern Kosovo.
Monachoides kosovoensis was described by Anton J. de Winter and W.J.M. Maassen in 1992 from specimens collected on the eastern slope of in Kosovo. The authors provisionally placed it in the genus Monachoides Gude & Woodward, 1921, although they noted that the presence of a small second dartâÂÂsac in the genitalia is unusual for that genus and may warrant future reassessment of its generic assignment.
The shell of M. kosovoensis is moderately elevated, reaching up to about 13 mm in maximum diameter and 8.9 mm in height, with 5.3âÂÂ6 whorls. It is pale brown, becoming lighter towards the sutures, and bears a lighter band around the periphery. Both the upper and lower surfaces have a fine granulose sculptureâÂÂnumerous tiny beadâÂÂlike protuberances that merge into faint ridges near the sutures. The spire is distinctly raised and the whorls are slightly inflated. The umbilicus (the central hollow visible on the underside) is narrow, cylindrical and about oneâÂÂfifth of the shell's width. The aperture is wider than tall, with a broadly reflexed basal lip (the inwardâÂÂturned edge) and a low internal ridge.
Monachoides kosovoensis is known only from its type locality on the eastern slope of ÃÂakor Pass (elevation about 1600 metres) in the Prokletije Mountains of eastern Kosovo. Specimens were found on the trunks of pine trees along a small mountain brook, suggesting a preference for cool, humid montane woodland, where they may graze on the biofilm on bark and nearby stones.