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Wrinkled snail

Xeroplexa intersecta (Poiret, 1801)

Status not recordedsnails and slugs

The wrinkled snail (Xeroplexa intersecta) is a species in the family Geomitridae.

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Quick facts about the wrinkled 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 wrinkled snail live?

Not recorded

Where has it been introduced?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the wrinkled snail as introduced in 7 countries.

  1. Belgium
  2. Chile
  3. Denmark
  4. Ireland
  5. New Zealand
  6. United Kingdom
  7. 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 wrinkled 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 wrinkled snail classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumMollusca
  3. classGastropoda
  4. familyGeomitridae
  5. genusXeroplexa
  6. SpeciesXeroplexa intersecta (Poiret, 1801)

Synonyms Candidula caperata, Candidula intersecta, Helicella caperata, Helicella intersecta, Helix caperata, Helix carcusiaca, Helix carcusiaca var. lingostierensis, Helix deferiana, Helix expedenta, Helix ignota, Helix ignota var. minor, Helix imula, Helix intersecta, Helix paladilhi, Helix pictonum, Helix subintersecta, Jacosta intersecta

Other names and names in other languages (9)
  • Wrinkled helicellidEnglish
  • suchomilka skvrnitáCzech
  • Pletbåndet solsneglDanish
  • Gefleckte HeideschneckeGerman
  • Hélicette carénéeFrench
  • ビートルズコマイマイJapanese
  • Grofgeribde grasslakDutch
  • kalksnäckaSwedish
  • större kalksnäckaSwedish

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the wrinkled snail

Other species in the same genus Xeroplexa.

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

Is the wrinkled snail an invasive species?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the wrinkled snail as introduced in 7 countries, including Belgium, Chile, Denmark, Ireland and New Zealand, 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). Wrinkled snail (Xeroplexa intersecta). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/wrinkled-snail

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BibTeX
@misc{wrinkled_snail_2026,
  title = {Wrinkled snail (Xeroplexa intersecta)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/wrinkled-snail},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-14}
}