Apple Snail vs Atlantic Ancula

Pomacea glauca compared with Ancula gibbosa

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Apple Snail	Atlantic Ancula
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum same	Mollusca (Mollusks)	Mollusca (Mollusks)
Class same	Gastropoda (Gastropoda)	Gastropoda (Gastropoda)
Order	Architaenioglossa (Architaenioglossa)	Nudibranchia (Nudibranchia)
Family	Ampullariidae	Goniodorididae
Genus	Pomacea	Ancula
Species	Pomacea glauca	Ancula gibbosa

Evolutionary Relationship

Apple Snail and Atlantic Ancula share a common ancestor at the Class level: Gastropoda. (Gastropoda)

View Class: Gastropoda

Conservation Status

Apple Snail

LC — Least Concern

Atlantic Ancula

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Apple Snail	Atlantic Ancula
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Apple Snail

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests, and tropical and subtropical coniferous forests, among 4 distinct biome types within the Neotropic biogeographic realm.

Range

Distributed across Dominican Republic, Norway, and Venezuela.

Atlantic Ancula

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Denmark, Norway, and Sweden.

Apple Snail

The Apple Snail (Pomacea glauca) is a species in the genus Pomacea. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests, and tropical and subtropical coniferous forests, among 4 distinct biome types within the Neotrop.

Atlantic Ancula

The Atlantic Ancula (Ancula gibbosa) is a species in the genus Ancula. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in terrestrial and aquatic habitats including forests and freshwater.