Apple Snail vs Lake Baikal Mountain Vole

Pomacea glauca compared with Alticola olchonensis

Key Differences

• Apple Snail is Least Concern while Lake Baikal Mountain Vole is Endangered.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Apple Snail	Lake Baikal Mountain Vole
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Mollusca (Mollusks)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Gastropoda (Gastropoda)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Architaenioglossa (Architaenioglossa)	Rodentia (Rodents)
Family	Ampullariidae	Cricetidae
Genus	Pomacea	Alticola
Species	Pomacea glauca	Alticola olchonensis

Evolutionary Relationship

Apple Snail and Lake Baikal Mountain Vole share a common ancestor at the Kingdom level: Animalia. (Animals)

Conservation Status

Apple Snail

LC — Least Concern

Lake Baikal Mountain Vole

EN — Endangered

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Apple Snail	Lake Baikal Mountain Vole
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.

Lake Baikal Mountain Vole

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

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.