Bad-smelling Alkanet vs Danube river snail

Alkanna maleolens compared with Viviparus acerosus

Key Differences

• Bad-smelling Alkanet is Critically Endangered while Danube river snail is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bad-smelling Alkanet	Danube river snail
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Mollusca (Mollusks)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Gastropoda (Gastropoda)
Order	Boraginales (Boraginales)	Architaenioglossa (Architaenioglossa)
Family	Boraginaceae	Viviparidae
Genus	Alkanna	Viviparus
Species	Alkanna maleolens	Viviparus acerosus

Conservation Status

Bad-smelling Alkanet

CR — Critically Endangered

Danube river snail

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Bad-smelling Alkanet	Danube river snail
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Bad-smelling Alkanet

Habitat

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

Danube river snail

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Belgium, France, Germany, Netherlands, and United Kingdom.

Bad-smelling Alkanet

The Bad-smelling Alkanet (Alkanna maleolens) is a species in the genus Alkanna. It is currently classified as Critically Endangered on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.