Oxychilus draparnaudi is large for a zonitid glass snail, also called the dark-bodied glass snail with a shell of about 14 mm 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]
^Spencer, H. G.; Marshall, B. A.; Willan, R. C. (2009). "Checklist of New Zealand living Mollusca". In Gordon, Dennis P. (ed.). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity. Christchurch, N.Z.: Canterbury University Press. pp. 196–219. ISBN9781877257728. OCLC340800193.
^ abJanus H. (1965) The young specialist look at land and freshwater molluscs Burke, London.
^Balashov I. & Gural-Sverlova N. 2012. An annotated checklist of the terrestrial molluscs of Ukraine. Journal of Conchology. 41 (1): 91-109.
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