Oxychilus draparnaudi


Oxychilus draparnaudi, or Draparnaud's glass snail, is a species of small land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusc in the family Oxychilidae, the glass snails.

Description

Oxychilus draparnaudi is large for a glass snail, also called the dark-bodied glass snail with a shell of about in maximum dimension. The shell is glossy and is a translucent yellowish-brown and gold in color, somewhat whiter underneath.
The visible soft parts of the animal are a very unusual strong dark blue, mixed with grey.

Distribution

This species occurs in countries and islands including:
and other areas

Synonyms

Synonyms include Oxychilus drapanaldi, Oxychilus lucidum, Helix lucida, Helix nitida, Helicella draparnaldi, and Polita draparnaldi.