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Bark snail

Zonitoides arboreus (Say, 1817)

Status not recordedsnails and slugs

The bark snail (Zonitoides arboreus) is a species in the family Gastrodontidae.

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Quick facts about the bark snail

Weight
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Lifespan
Not recorded
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
Not recorded
Young per litter or clutch
Not recorded
Conservation status
Not recorded
Countries on record
Not recorded

Where does the bark snail live?

Not recorded

Where has it been introduced?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the bark snail as introduced in 19 countries.

  1. Albania
  2. Argentina
  3. Austria
  4. Belgium
  5. Brazil
  6. Denmark
  7. Ecuador
  8. France
  9. Germany
  10. Ireland
  11. Israel
  12. Italy
  13. Japan
  14. Mexico
  15. New Zealand
  16. Paraguay
  17. Poland
  18. South Africa
  19. Uruguay

Introduced means brought by people and now present; invasive means the country's checklist records an impact. A species can be native to one part of a country and introduced in another. Source: Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species (CC BY 4.0).

Is the bark snail endangered?

No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.

How is the bark snail classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumMollusca
  3. classGastropoda
  4. familyGastrodontidae
  5. genusZonitoides
  6. SpeciesZonitoides arboreus (Say, 1817)

Synonyms Alienitor lyndhurstoides, Helix arborea, Helix arboreus, Helix attonis, Helix breweri, Helix lyndhurstensis, Hyalina arborea, Hyalina arborea var. viridula, Hyalina bryodes, Hyalina roseni, Hyalinia roseni, Hyalinia roseni f. subrosea, Vitrea arborea, Zonites arboreus, Zonites bryodes, Zonitoides arborea, Zonitoides arboreus, Zonitoides azoricus, Zonitoides bermudensis

Other names and names in other languages (29)
  • Orchid snailEnglish
  • Quick glass snailEnglish
  • Quick glossEnglish
  • Quick gloss snailEnglish
  • Tree creeperEnglish
  • حلزون الأوركيدArabic
  • zemounek lesníCzech
  • Glashaus-DolchschneckeGerman
  • Caracolito brillanteSpanish
  • litteäkosteikkokotiloFinnish
  • Luisantine des arbresFrench
  • שקופון אמריקאיHebrew
  • コハクガイJapanese
  • 포항호박달팽이Korean
  • gartnerglanssneglNorwegian Bokmål
  • BosglimslakDutch
  • gartnarglanssnigelNorwegian Nynorsk
  • ОрхидейницаRussian
  • ligotka americkáSlovak
  • växthusbuksnäckaSwedish
  • 樹似帶螺Chinese
  • Gewächshaus-DolchschneckeGerman
  • Kleine GewächshausGlanzschneckeGerman
  • Escargot lustré d'AmériqueFrench
  • Luisantine d'AmériqueFrench
  • Amerikaanse glimslakDutch
  • Bos-glimslakDutch
  • växthusglanssnäckaSwedish
  • 樹琥珀蝸牛Chinese

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the bark snail

Other species in the same genus Zonitoides.

Black gloss

Zonitoides nitidus

GastrodontidaeNo free photo yet

Striate gloss

Zonitoides lateumbilicatus

GastrodontidaeNo free photo yet

Dull gloss

Zonitoides limatulus

GastrodontidaeNo free photo yet

Green dome

Zonitoides elliotti

GastrodontidaeNo free photo yet

Shadow gloss

Zonitoides kirbyi

GastrodontidaeNo free photo yet

CompareBark snail vs Black glossBark snail vs Hollowed glass snailBark snail vs Striate glossBark snail vs Dull gloss

Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

Is the bark snail an invasive species?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the bark snail as introduced in 19 countries, including Albania, Argentina, Austria, Belgium and Brazil, but does not flag it as invasive in any of them.

Sources and how to cite this page

Data as of 2026-11-13. How this page is put together.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Bark snail (Zonitoides arboreus). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/bark-snail

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BibTeX
@misc{bark_snail_2026,
  title = {Bark snail (Zonitoides arboreus)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/bark-snail},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-13}
}