[2] The Otway Black Snail Victaphanta compacta is only found in hot temperate rainforests in Australia.

It is one of four species of the carnivorous land snails in the genus Victaphanta and is endemic to the Otway Ranges.

The shell is thin, light weight and moderately flexible and composed mostly of conchin.

The Otway Black Snail can be distinguished from other species of Vicaphanta because of its specific geographic range, globulous shaped shell, lack of an orange frill around its foot and an absence of orange mucus.

It is carnivorous, feasting on other snails, slugs, earthworms and soft bodied insect larvae but is not cannibalistic.