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
- Not recorded
- Length
- Not recorded
- 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.
- Albania
- Argentina
- Austria
- Belgium
- Brazil
- Denmark
- Ecuador
- France
- Germany
- Ireland
- Israel
- Italy
- Japan
- Mexico
- New Zealand
- Paraguay
- Poland
- South Africa
- 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?
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumMollusca
- classGastropoda
- familyGastrodontidae
- genusZonitoides
- 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
Relatives of the bark snail
Other species in the same genus Zonitoides.
Black gloss
Zonitoides nitidus
Hollowed glass snail
Zonitoides excavatus
Striate gloss
Zonitoides lateumbilicatus
Dull gloss
Zonitoides limatulus
Green dome
Zonitoides elliotti
Shadow gloss
Zonitoides kirbyi
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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