Species Oxychilus alliarius (Miller, 1822)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Helix alliaria Miller, J.S. 1822. A list of the freshwater and landshells occurring in the environs of Bristol, with observations. Annals of Philosophy ns 3: 376-381 [379].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, whereabouts unknown presumed lost, environs of Bristol, England.
• Oxychilus tasmanicus McLauchlan, C.F. 1954. Land shells originally introduced. The Australian Zoologist 12: 40 [40].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) AM C100775 3 specimens, Launceston, TAS.

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Smith, B.J. 1992. Non-Marine Mollusca. In, Houston, W.W.K. (ed.). Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Non-marine Mollusca. Canberra : Australian Government Publishing Service Vol. 8 xii 408 pp. [320] (based on original descriptions and an examination of types)
• Barker, G.M. 1999. Naturalised terrestrial Stylommatophora (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Fauna of New Zealand, 38. Lincoln, Canterbury, New Zealand : Manaaki Whenua Press 253 pp. [109]

 

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.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones

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

 

General References

Barker, G.M. 1999. Naturalised terrestrial Stylommatophora (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Fauna of New Zealand, 38. Lincoln, Canterbury, New Zealand : Manaaki Whenua Press 253 pp. [109-111]

Laws, H.M. 1966. The cytology and anatomy of Oxychilus alliarius (Miller) (Mollusca : Zonitidae), a new introduction to South Australia. Records of the South Australian Museum (Adelaide) 15: 257-260 (cytology, anatomy)

 

History of changes

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)