Interesting Facts
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Common Names
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Common Names in English:
Garlic Glass-Snail
Description
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Habitat
Typically found at an altitude of 0 to 1,135 meters (0 to 3,724 feet).[1]
Taxonomy
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- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- eukaryotes
- Kingdom:
Animalia
()
- C. Linnaeus, 1758
- animals
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
()
- (Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983
- Branch:
Protostomia
()
- Grobben, 1908
- Infrakingdom:
Lophotrochozoa
()
- Superphylum:
Eutrochozoa
()
- Phylum:
Mollusca
()
- (C. Linnaeus, 1758) Cuvier, 1795
- Molluscs
- Subclass:
Orthogastropoda
()
- Ponder & Lindberg, 1996
- Superorder:
Heterobranchia
()
- J.E. Gray, 1840
- Order:
Pulmonata
()
- Cuvier, in Blainville, 1814
- Suborder:
Eupulmonata
()
- (Haszprunar & Huber, 1990)
- Infraorder:
Stylommatophora
()
- A. Schmidt, 1855
- Superfamily:
Zonitoidea
()
- Mrch, 1864
- Superfamily:
Zonitoidea
(
- Infraorder:
Stylommatophora
(
- Suborder:
Eupulmonata
(
- Order:
Pulmonata
(
- Superorder:
Heterobranchia
(
- Subclass:
Orthogastropoda
(
- Phylum:
Mollusca
(
- Superphylum:
Eutrochozoa
(
- Infrakingdom:
Lophotrochozoa
(
- Branch:
Protostomia
(
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
(
- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
Notes
Name
Status: Accepted Name
.
Last scrutiny: 17-Oct-2001
Similar Species
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Members of the genus Oxychilus
ZipcodeZoo has pages for 4 species and subspecies in this genus:
O. alliarius (Garlic Glass-Snail) · O. cellarius (Cellar Glass-Snail) · O. draparnaudi (Dark-Bodied Glass-Snail) · O. helveticus (Swiss Glass-Snail)
More Info
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Further Reading
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- Cooperative economic insect report. Hyattsville, MD. [etc.]Plant Protection and Quarantine Programs Animal and Plant Health Service. url p. 280, p. 31, p. 341, p. 35.
- List of intercepted plant pests / United States Department of Agriculture, Plant Quarantine and Control Administration. [Washington, D.C.: U.S. G.P.O.], 1932- url p. 148, p. 150, p. 150, p. 32, p. 34, p. 34, p. 38, p. 40, p. 45, p. 47, p. 47, p. 48, p. 5, p. 50, p. 51, p. 51, p. 52, p. 53, p. 54, p. 54, p. 55, p. 56, p. 56, p. 56, p. 56, p. 58, p. 58, p. 58, p. 59, p. 6, p. 6, p. 6, p. 60, p. 60, p. 63, p. 64, p. 66, p. 68, p. 75, p. 77, p. 79.
- North Atlantic biota and their history; a symposium held at the University of Iceland, Reykjavk, July 1962, under the auspices of the University of Iceland and the Museum of Natural History. Editors: Askell Lve and Doris Lve. Sponsored Oxford, New York, Pergamon Press, 1963 url p. 168.
- The Bulletin of zoological nomenclature. London, International Trust for Zoological Nomenclature. url p. 45.
- The Canadian field-naturalist. 53 1939 Ottawa, Ottawa Field-Naturalists' Club. url p. 132, p. 559, p. 561, p. 562, p. 564, p. 734.
- The faunal connections between Europe and North America. New York, Wiley[1957] url p. 336.
Notes
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Contributors
- Bisby, F.A., Y.R. Roskov, M.A. Ruggiero, T.M. Orrell, L.E. Paglinawan, P.W. Brewer, N. Bailly, J. van Hertum, eds (2007). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2007 Annual Checklist. Species 2000: Reading, U.K.
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 10, 2012.
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed February 28, 2008. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 6 providers.
- Ruggiero M., Gordon D., Bailly N., Kirk P., Nicolson D. (2011). The Catalogue of Life Taxonomic Classification, Edition 2, Part A. In: Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2011 Annual Checklist (Bisby F.A., Roskov Y.R., Orrell T.M., Nicolson D., Paglinawan L.E., Bailly N., Kirk P.M., Bourgoin T., Baillargeon G., Ouvrard D., eds). DVD; Species 2000: Reading, UK.
Data Sources
Accessed through GBIF Data Portal February 28, 2008:
- Academy of Natural Sciences: Academy of Natural Sciences Malacology Database
- Academy of Natural Sciences: Academy of Natural Sciences OBIS Mollusc Database [Darwin Core]
- Biologiezentrum der Oberoesterreichischen Landesmuseen: Biologiezentrum Linz
- European Environment Agency: EUNIS
- GBIF-Sweden: Bugs (GBIF-SE:Artdatabanken)
- GBIF-Sweden: Molluscs of the Natural History Museum in Gothenburg
- Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University: Academy of Natural Sciences OBIS Mollusc Database
- OZCAM (Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums) Provider: Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums
- The Danish Biodiversity Information Facility: Priest Pot species list, Cumbria, Britain
- UK National Biodiversity Network: Conchological Society of Great Britain & Ireland - Mollusc (non-marine) data for Great Britain and Ireland
- UK National Biodiversity Network: Lothian Wildlife Information Centre - Lothian Wildlife Information Centre Secret Garden Survey
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 1
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ITS-77195
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 13785528
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 77195
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 510564
Footnotes
- Mean = 215.380 meters (706.627 feet), Standard Deviation = 353.470 based on 42 observations. Altitude information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre. [back]
