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Oxychilus draparnaudi

(Beck, 1837)

Dark-bodied Glass-snail

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G5SecureGlobal Rank

Identity

Unique IDELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.120894

Element CodeIMGAS77030

Record TypeSPECIES

ClassificationSpecies

Classification StatusStandard

Name CategoryInvertebrate Animal

Endemicoccurs (regularly, as a native taxon) in multiple nations

KingdomAnimalia

PhylumMollusca

ClassGastropoda

OrderStylommatophora

FamilyZonitidae

GenusOxychilus

Concept Reference

Turgeon, D. D., J. F. Quinn, Jr., A. E. Bogan, E. V. Coan, F. G. Hochberg, W. G. Lyons, P. M. Mikkelsen, R. J. Neves, C. F. E. Roper, G. Rosenberg, B. Roth, A. Scheltema, F. G. Thompson, M. Vecchione, and J. D. Williams. 1998. Common and scientific names of aquatic invertebrates from the United States and Canada: Mollusks. 2nd Edition. American Fisheries Society Special Publication 26, Bethesda, Maryland. 526 pp.

Conservation Status

Review Date2005-09-20

Change Date2002-10-08

Edition Date2005-09-20

Edition AuthorsCordeiro, J.

Range Extent>2,500,000 square km (greater than 1,000,000 square miles)

Rank Reasons

Native to Europe, North Africa, and Asia Minor; introduced to eastern United States, Pacific northwest, California, Arizona, and other termperate regions of the world (Roth and Sadeghian, 2003).

Range Extent Comments

Native to Europe, North Africa, and Asia Minor; introduced to eastern United States, Pacific northwest, California, Arizona, and other termperate regions of the world (Roth and Sadeghian, 2003).

Occurrences Comments

Introduced in California in Yolo, Contra Costa, San Francisco, Alameda, Santa Clara, San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara, Los Angeles, Orange, San Diego, Santa Catalina Island (Roth and Sadeghian, 2003). In New York, Hotopp and Pearce (2007) report it from 7 counties inland as an exotic.

Ecology & Habitat

Other Nations (2)

United StatesNNA

Province	Rank	Native
New York	SNA	No
Vermont	SNA	No
Missouri	SNA	No
Wisconsin	SNA	No
Pennsylvania	SNA	No
Colorado	SNA	No
New Jersey	SNA	No
Arizona	SNA	No
Washington	SNA	No
Kentucky	SNA	No
Montana	SNA	No
California	SNA	No
Idaho	SNA	No
Oregon	SNA	No

CanadaNNA

Province	Rank	Native
British Columbia	SNA	No
Ontario	SNA	No
New Brunswick	SNA	No
Nova Scotia	SNA	No
Island of Newfoundland	SNA	No

Roadless Areas (3)

California (1)

Area	Forest	Acres
Cucamonga C	San Bernardino National Forest	4,106

North Carolina (2)

Area	Forest	Acres
Graveyard Ridge (addition)	Pisgah National Forest	1,958
Sam Knob (addition)	Pisgah National Forest	2,576

References (5)

Dourson, D.C. 2010. Kentucky's land snails and their ecological communities. Goatslug Publications, Bakersville, NC. 298 pp.
Dourson, D C. and West Virginia DNR. 2015. Land snails of West Virginia. Goatslug Publications, Bakersville, North Carolina. 412 pp.
Hotopp, K. and T.A. Pearce. 2007. Land snails in New York: statewide distribution and talus site faunas. Final Report for contract #NYHER 041129 submitted to New York State Biodiversity Research Institute, New York State Museum, Albany, New York. 91 pp.
Roth, B. and P.S. Sadeghian. 2003. Checklist of the land snails and slugs of California. Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History Contributions in Science, 3: 1-81.
Turgeon, D. D., J. F. Quinn, Jr., A. E. Bogan, E. V. Coan, F. G. Hochberg, W. G. Lyons, P. M. Mikkelsen, R. J. Neves, C. F. E. Roper, G. Rosenberg, B. Roth, A. Scheltema, F. G. Thompson, M. Vecchione, and J. D. Williams. 1998. Common and scientific names of aquatic invertebrates from the United States and Canada: Mollusks. 2nd Edition. American Fisheries Society Special Publication 26, Bethesda, Maryland. 526 pp.