Cellar Snail at Watson, ACT
Identification history
| Oxychilus cellarius | 7 Jun 2021 | trevorpreston | ||
| Oxychilus alliarius | 7 Jun 2021 | trevorpreston |
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3 comments
Michael123
wrote:
7 Jun 2021
Oxychilus cellarius is slightly larger than O. alliarus (to11mm in diameter) and lacks the strong garlic/onion smell. It is paler in colour and has more whorls than O. alliarus. The whorls in O. cellarius increase more slowly than O. alliarus and are more tightly coiled.
trevorpreston
wrote:
7 Jun 2021
That fits, This was slightly larger than the garlic snails I have seen, and detected no garlic smell when disturbing it. I take it this is still an exotic species?
Michael123
wrote:
7 Jun 2021
Oxychilus cellarius is a European invasive found through cooler climate areas of SE Australia and in old residential and industrial areas in Sydney, eg. along Alexandria Canal at St Peters, along railway corridor land at Marrickville etc. It was once common in cellars hence the name cellarius.
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- Coordinates 149.165786-35.235520
- Maps Watson Woodlands
- Places Watson, ACT
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- 1 Abundance
- 7 Jun 2021 01:54 PM Recorded on
- trevorpreston Recorded by
Species information
- Oxychilus cellarius Scientific name
- Cellar Snail Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Exotic
- Minor Weed or Pest
- Up to 635.37m Recorded at altitude
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