Oxychilus alliarius ( Miller, 1822 )

Araya, Juan Francisco, 2015, Current status of the non-indigenous molluscs in Chile, with the first record of Otala punctata (Müller, 1774) (Gastropoda: Helicidae) in the country and new records for Cornu aspersum (Müller, 1774) and Deroceras laeve (Müller, 1774), Journal of Natural History 49 (29), pp. 1731-1761 : 1748

Oxychilus alliarius ( Miller, 1822)

Description

Cádiz et al. (2013).

Distribution

Native to Western Europe/Cosmopolitan ( Horácková and Juricková 2009). In Chile this species has been recorded in Las Rojas, Coquimbo region (29°54 ʹ S, 71°10 ʹ W), in the Arboretum Park, Isla Teja, Valdivia (39°50 ʹ S, 73°14 ʹ W) and in the Juan Fernández Archipelago ( Cádiz et al. 2013). The first record of this species for Chile was by Odhner (1922).

Possible mechanism of introduction/Status

Human transportation/established ( Cádiz et al. 2013).

Remarks

Carnivore, facultative predator of other small snails ( Meyer and Cowie 2010). This species is known as the “garlic snail” because of its ability to emit a strong smell of garlic when irritated ( Hayes et al. 2012). EA, I.