| Oxychilus draparnaudi | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Order: | Stylommatophora |
| Family: | Oxychilidae |
| Genus: | Oxychilus |
| Species: | O. draparnaudi |
| Binomial name | |
| Oxychilus draparnaudi (Beck, 1837) | |
Oxychilus draparnaudi, or Draparnaud's glass snail, [1] is a species of small land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusc in the family Oxychilidae, the glass snails. [2]
Oxychilus draparnaudi is large for a glass snail, also called the dark-bodied glass snail with a shell of about 14 mm (0.55 in) in maximum dimension. The shell is glossy and is a translucent yellowish-brown and gold in color, somewhat whiter underneath. [3]
The visible soft parts of the animal are a very unusual strong dark blue, mixed with grey. [3]
This species occurs in countries and islands including:
and other areas
Synonyms include Oxychilus drapanaldi, Oxychilus lucidum, Helix lucida, Helix nitida, Helicella draparnaldi, and Polita draparnaldi. [5]
