Oxychilus alliarius | |
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shells of Oxychilus alliarius | |
Conservation status | |
NE[1]
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
(unranked): | clade Heterobranchia clade Euthyneura clade Panpulmonata clade Eupulmonata clade Stylommatophora informal group Sigmurethra clade limacoid clade |
Superfamily: | Gastrodontoidea |
Family: | Oxychilidae |
Subfamily: | Oxychilinae |
Genus: | Oxychilus |
Species: | O. alliarius |
Binomial name | |
Oxychilus alliarius (Miller, 1822)[2] |
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Synonyms | |
Helix alliaria Miller, 1822 |
Oxychilus alliarius, common name the "garlic snail" or "garlic glass-snail", is a species of small air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Oxychilidae, the glass snails.
Both the specific name and the common name refer to the fact that when this animal is disturbed, it gives off a strong smell similar to that of raw garlic or onions.
This species occurs in a number of countries and islands including:
Non-indigenous distribution of Oxychilus alliarius include: