BC Conservation Data Centre: Species Summary
Aegopinella nitidula
Waxy Glass Snail
| Scientific Name: | Aegopinella nitidula (Draparnaud, 1805) | ||||||||||
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| English Name: | Waxy Glass Snail | ||||||||||
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| Scientific Name - Concept Reference: | Forsyth, R.G., J.M.C. Hutchinson, and H. Reise. 2001. Aegopinella nitidula (Draparnaud, 1805) (Gastropoda: Zonitidae) in British Columbia- first confirmed North American Record. American Malacological Bulletin, 16(1/2): 65-69. | ||||||||||
| Classification Level: | Species | ||||||||||
| Species Group: | Invertebrate Animal | ||||||||||
| Species Code: | MO-AEGNIT | ||||||||||
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| Global Status: | G5 (Nov 2003) | ||||||||||
| Provincial Status: | SNA (Jan 2025) | ||||||||||
| BC List: | Exotic | ||||||||||
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| Colonial Breeder: | N | ||||||||||
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| Endemic: | N | ||||||||||
| Global Range Comment: | This is a European species reported for British Columbia (Forsyth et al., 2001). | ||||||||||
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Please visit the website Conservation Status Ranks for definitions of the data fields used in this summary report.
Suggested Citation:
B.C. Conservation Data Centre. Species Summary: Aegopinella nitidula. B.C. Minist. of Environment. Available: https://a100.gov.bc.ca/pub/eswp/ (accessed Jun 8, 2026).