Genus: Oxychilus
Common name: Glass snails
Family: Oxychilidae
Origin: Europe
Diet: Live and dead plants and other invertebrates and their eggs when available. O. draparnaudi is a predator on other invertebrates.
Behavior: When threatened or crushed, the garlic snail releases a garlic odor as a defense.
Where in Oregon: Widespread.
Similar exotics to look for: There are many similar snails in Oregon. Another less common species, O. cellarius, is known from Oregon. There are possibly six additional species of Oxychilus in Europe.
Diet: Live and dead plants and other invertebrates and their eggs when available. O. draparnaudi is a predator on other invertebrates.
Behavior: When threatened or crushed, the garlic snail releases a garlic odor as a defense.
Where in Oregon: Widespread.
Similar exotics to look for: There are many similar snails in Oregon. Another less common species, O. cellarius, is known from Oregon. There are possibly six additional species of Oxychilus in Europe.