Alpine Rock-Cress vs Keeled slug

Arabis alpina compared with Tandonia kusceri

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Alpine Rock-Cress	Keeled slug
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Mollusca (Mollusks)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Gastropoda (Gastropoda)
Order	Brassicales (Brassicales)	Stylommatophora (Stylommatophora)
Family	Brassicaceae	Milacidae
Genus	Arabis	Tandonia
Species	Arabis alpina	Tandonia kusceri

Conservation Status

Alpine Rock-Cress

LC — Least Concern

Keeled slug

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Alpine Rock-Cress	Keeled slug
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Alpine Rock-Cress

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.

Range

Widely distributed across Europe (10 countries), North America (Canada, United States), and South America (Argentina).

Keeled slug

Habitat

Typically found in terrestrial and aquatic habitats including forests and freshwater.

Range

Distributed across Greece, Moldova, Ukraine, and United States.

Alpine Rock-Cress

The Alpine Rock-Cress (Arabis alpina) is a species in the genus Arabis. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions. Widely distributed across Europe (10 countries), North America (Canada, United States), and South America (Argentina).