Oxychilus alliarius, commonly known as the garlic snail or garlic glass-snail, is a species of small, air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the glass snail family, Oxychilidae.
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Is it venomous or poisonous?
We have no record of Garlic Snail being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.
Easily confused with
- Oxychilus translucidus
- Oxychilus draparnaudi
- Oxychilus cellarius
- Oxychilus navarricus
- Morlina glabra
- Aegopinella nitidula
Classification
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Mollusca
- Class
- Gastropoda
- Order
- Stylommatophora
- Family
- Oxychilidae
- Genus
- Oxychilus
- Species
- Oxychilus alliarius
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