cellar glass snail vs Garlic Snail

Oxychilus cellarius compared with Oxychilus alliarius

Key Differences

cellar glass snail is Least Concern while Garlic Snail is Vulnerable.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	cellar glass snail	Garlic Snail
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum same	Mollusca (Moluscos)	Mollusca (Moluscos)
Class same	Gastropoda (Gastrópodes)	Gastropoda (Gastrópodes)
Order same	Stylommatophora (Stylommatophora)	Stylommatophora (Stylommatophora)
Family same	Oxychilidae	Oxychilidae
Genus same	Oxychilus	Oxychilus
Species	Oxychilus cellarius	Oxychilus alliarius

Evolutionary Relationship

cellar glass snail and Garlic Snail share a common ancestor at the Genus level: Oxychilus.

View Genus: Oxychilus

Conservation Status

cellar glass snail

LC — Least Concern

Garlic Snail

VU — Vulnerable

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	cellar glass snail	Garlic Snail
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

cellar glass snail

Habitat

Typically found in terrestrial and aquatic habitats including forests and freshwater.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (South Africa), Asia (Japan), Europe (9 countries), North America (United States), Oceania and the Pacific (New Zealand), and South America (Chile).

Garlic Snail

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including temperate broadleaf and mixed forests, tundra, and tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, among 4 distinct biome types spanning the Australasia and Oceanian and Palearctic realms. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (South Africa), Europe (7 countries), North America (United States), Oceania and the Pacific (New Zealand), and South America (Chile). Currently classified as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List, this species faces significant conservation challenges across its range.

cellar glass snail

The Cellar Glass Snail (Oxychilus cellarius) is a species in the genus Oxychilus. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Native to ['Belgium', 'Chile', 'Denmark', 'Finland', 'France'].