Alpine Rock-Cress vs Shelled Slug

Arabis alpina compared with Testacella haliotidea

Key Differences

• Alpine Rock-Cress is Least Concern while Shelled Slug is Data Deficient.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Alpine Rock-Cress	Shelled Slug
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Mollusca (Mollusks)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Gastropoda (Gastropoda)
Order	Brassicales (Brassicales)	Stylommatophora (Stylommatophora)
Family	Brassicaceae	Testacellidae
Genus	Arabis	Testacella
Species	Arabis alpina	Testacella haliotidea

Conservation Status

Alpine Rock-Cress

LC — Least Concern

Shelled Slug

DD — Data Deficient

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Alpine Rock-Cress	Shelled 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).

Shelled Slug

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Europe (9 countries), North America (United States), and Oceania and the Pacific (New Zealand).

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).

Shared Countries

Both species can be found in 6 countries:

🇧🇪 Belgium 🇫🇷 France 🇳🇱 Netherlands 🇸🇪 Sweden 🇬🇧 United Kingdom 🇺🇸 United States