[4] It is widespread and common in central British Columbia, specifically the Peace River-Northern Rockies region.

[5] As for areas within the United States that are famous, the Wind Cave National Park, located in South Dakota, was found to have Z. arboreus in various soil samples.

[4] The non-indigenous distribution includes: In most cases listed above (but not all of them), this species is found as a pest in greenhouses.

[4] One distinct feature of Z. arboreus is its shell aperture, which is wide and lunate (moon-shaped).

The sunace of the shell is significantly marked by wrinkle-like grooves and lines of growth.

[9] Zonitoides arboreus is composed of exterior gray colored subjacent tissue.

The anatomy of the snail begins at the mouth, which connects with the buccal cavity by a thick, large tube.

The salivary glands aid the snail in digesting complex carbohydrates such as starches in its diet.

These teeth aid the snail in guiding its meals into its mouth for consumption and helps ease the digestion process.

[9] The quick gloss snail goes through a sexual reproductive cycle that starts at the ovotestis, a gonad that shares qualities of both testes and ovaries.

Attached to the ovotestis is a hermaphroditic duct that is narrow and leads to the accessory gland.

The vas deferens of the snail is a cord that is attached to the oviduct and moves into the penis sac.

Adjacent to this, is the dart sac, which contains two coronal glands.The vesicula seminalis is a small organ joined to the vagina at about the anterior third by a very long duct.

Since these products are traded internationally and thus benefit the economy, the invasion of Z. arboreus will interfere with their processes.