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Species List for Family: Oxychilidae
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Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Heterobranchia (Subclass) > Euthyneura (Infraclass) > Tectipleura (Subterclass) > Eupulmonata (Superorder) > Stylommatophora (Order) > Helicina (Suborder) > Limacoidei (Infraorder) > Gastrodontoidea (Superfamily) > Oxychilidae (Family)
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  • Family: Oxychilidae

  • Oxychilus alliarius (J.S. Miller, 1822)
    Width 7mm, Height 3.5mm
    Land, Native in northern and western Europe. Introduced into Greenland, North America, St Helena, South Africa, Australia and New Zealand
    North and South Island
    L.N.S.
  • Oxychilus cellarius (O.F. Müller, 1774)
    Width 14mm, Height 6mm
    Land, Native to western and central Europe and the western Mediterranean. Introduced to Scandinavia, North America, South America, the Philippines, South Africa, St. Helena, Australia and New Zealand
    North and South Island
    L.N.S.
  • Oxychilus draparnaudi (Beck, 1837)
    Width 15mm, Height 6mm
    Land, Native to western Europe and the Mediterranean. Introduced to Russia, North America, South and North Africa, Asia, Australia and New Zealand
    North and South Island
    L.N.S.
Key to Geographical Ranges
NZ Map showing Geographical Ranges
The symbols K.A.C.F.M.An. are used to indicate the geographical range of the species. They have been adopted to give an approximation of the range of each species within New Zealand.
K=
Kermadec Islands
A=
Aupourian - Kaipara Harbour, north around North Cape, encompassing the Three Kings Islands and south to East Cape
C=
Cookian - Lower North Island and the northern part of the South Island
F=
Forsterian - Otago, Fiordland and Stewart Island
M=
Moriorian - Chatham Islands, Pitt Island
An=
Antipodean - Subantarctic Islands of New Zealand
Fw =
Freshwater
L =
Land
N =
North Island
S =
South Island
R =
Recent
Sf =
Subfossil
Fo =
Fossil