Oxychilus alliarius
2 Garlic Snail at Robertson, NSW
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| Oxychilus alliarius | trevorpreston | 12 May 2025 | |
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4 comments
12 May 2025
Oxychilus alliarius (J. S. Miller, 1822) Family Oxychilidae. Invasive species from Europe which has spread through temperate southern Australia. A major pest species as it eats small native snails.
12 May 2025
These seemed a bit bigger than specimens i have seen in Canberra, probably 8-10mm at an estimate.
13 May 2025
Hi Trevor, the whorl coiling pattern more resembles Oxychilus alliarus (to 7mm) rather than the larger O. cellarius (to 11mm) however it could even be an immature O. draparnaudi (to 16mm) which has a similar coiling pattern to the photographed snail and has been recorded from Canberra.
Location information
- Coordinates 150.600999-34.589617
- Altitude 781.0m
- Places Robertson, NSW
Sighting information
- 5 Abundance
- 11 May 2025 01:51 PM Recorded on
- trevorpreston Recorded by
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- trevorpreston NatureMapr Southern Highlands Oxychilus alliarius Snails & Slugs (Gastropoda) Molluscs (Mollusca) Other Invertebrates
Species information
- Oxychilus alliarius Scientific name
- Garlic Snail Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Exotic
- Major weed or pest
- Up to 1205.07m Recorded at altitude
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