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Garlic snail

Oxychilus alliarius (J. S. Miller, 1822)

Status not recordedsnails and slugs

The garlic snail (Oxychilus alliarius) is a species in the family Oxychilidae.

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Quick facts about the garlic 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 garlic snail live?

Not recorded

Where has it been introduced?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the garlic snail as introduced in 6 countries.

  1. Australia
  2. Chile
  3. Colombia
  4. New Zealand
  5. South Africa
  6. United States

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 garlic 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 garlic snail classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumMollusca
  3. classGastropoda
  4. familyOxychilidae
  5. genusOxychilus
  6. SpeciesOxychilus alliarius (J. S. Miller, 1822)

Synonyms Helix alliacea, Helix alliaria, Helix foetida, Helix nitens, Helix remota, Helix steenstrupii, Hyalinia alliaria, Oxychilus allarius, Oxychilus alliarium, Oxychilus alliarius, Oxychilus tasmanicus, Vitrea alliaria, Zonites alliaria, Zonites alliarius, Zonites alliarius var. ornatus, Zonites arabiae, Zonitoides alliaria

Other names and names in other languages (19)
  • Garlic glass snailEnglish
  • Garlic glass-snailEnglish
  • skelnatka česnekováCzech
  • LøgsneglDanish
  • Knoblauch-GlanzschneckeGerman
  • Caracolito europeo ajoSpanish
  • laukkakotiloFinnish
  • Escargot lustré puantFrench
  • Češnjakov staklenakCroatian
  • Chiocciola di vetro aglioItalian
  • Česnakinis blizgenisLithuanian
  • LookglansslakDutch
  • Szklarka czosnkowaPolish
  • Улитка кислая чесночнаяRussian
  • bliktra cesnakováSlovak
  • löksnäckaSwedish
  • HvidløgssneglDanish
  • Luisant ailléFrench
  • Look-glansslakDutch

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the garlic snail

Other species in the same genus Oxychilus.

Cellar snail

Oxychilus cellarius

OxychilidaeNo free photo yet

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Common questions

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Is the garlic snail an invasive species?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the garlic snail as introduced in 6 countries, including Australia, Chile, Colombia, New Zealand and South Africa, but does not flag it as invasive in any of them.

Sources and how to cite this page

Data as of 2026-11-14. How this page is put together.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Garlic snail (Oxychilus alliarius). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/garlic-snail

MLA

“Garlic snail (Oxychilus alliarius).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/garlic-snail.

BibTeX
@misc{garlic_snail_2026,
  title = {Garlic snail (Oxychilus alliarius)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/garlic-snail},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-14}
}