Apple Snail vs Broad-bordered Acraea

Pomacea glauca compared with Acraea anemosa

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Apple Snail	Broad-bordered Acraea
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Mollusca (Mollusks)	Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class	Gastropoda (Gastropoda)	Insecta (Insects)
Order	Architaenioglossa (Architaenioglossa)	Lepidoptera (Butterflies & Moths)
Family	Ampullariidae	Nymphalidae (Brush-footed Butterflies)
Genus	Pomacea	Acraea
Species	Pomacea glauca	Acraea anemosa

Evolutionary Relationship

Apple Snail and Broad-bordered Acraea share a common ancestor at the Kingdom level: Animalia. (Animals)

Conservation Status

Apple Snail

LC — Least Concern

Broad-bordered Acraea

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Apple Snail	Broad-bordered Acraea
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.

Broad-bordered Acraea

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

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.

Broad-bordered Acraea

The Broad-bordered Acraea (Acraea anemosa) is a species in the genus Acraea. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.