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Species Oxychilus alliarius (Miller, 1822)

Garlic Snail

 

Generic Combinations

  • Oxychilus alliarius (Miller, 1822).

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria


Extra Distribution Information

Temperate southern Australia, as far north as Newcastle, ME NSW. Native to western Europe. Introduced to Greenland, North America, St Helena, South Africa, Juan Fernandez, Australia and New Zealand

Introduced from Europe.


Note that conversion of the original AFD map of states, drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones to IBRA and IMCRA regions may have produced errors. The new maps will be reviewed and corrected as updates occur. The maps may not indicate the entire distribution. See further details below.
IBRA and IMCRA regions (map not available)
drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones (map not available)

IBRA

NSW, SA, Tas, Vic: Ben Lomond (BEL), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Flinders (FLI), Gawler (GAW), Kanmantoo (KAN), King (KIN), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Nandewar (NAN), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), New England Tablelands (NET), NSW North Coast (NNC), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), Tasmanian Central Highlands (TCH), Tasmanian Northern Midlands (TNM), Tasmanian Northern Slopes (TNS), Tasmanian South East (TSE), Tasmanian Southern Ranges (TSR), Tasmanian West (TWE), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP)

IMCRA

Lord Howe Province (14)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

  • Australia
    • Lord Howe Island
    • New South Wales
    • South Australia
    • Tasmania
    • Victoria

Ecological Descriptors

Gardens, omnivore, under litter.

Extra Ecological Information

Nurseries, parks, wherever exotic plants and weeds grow and especially along weed-infested creeks; living under wood, litter, pots, etc, in cool damp places

 

History of changes

Note that this list may be incomplete for dates prior to September 2013.
Published As part of group Action Date Action Type Compiler(s)
06-Feb-2014 ZONITIDAE 23-Apr-2012 MODIFIED Dr John Stanisic
12-Feb-2010 (import)