Bad-smelling Alkanet vs eccentric grass snail

Alkanna maleolens compared with Vallonia excentrica

Key Differences

• Bad-smelling Alkanet is Critically Endangered while eccentric grass snail is Near Threatened.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bad-smelling Alkanet	eccentric grass snail
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Mollusca (Mollusks)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Gastropoda (Gastropoda)
Order	Boraginales (Boraginales)	Stylommatophora (Stylommatophora)
Family	Boraginaceae	Valloniidae
Genus	Alkanna	Vallonia
Species	Alkanna maleolens	Vallonia excentrica

Conservation Status

Bad-smelling Alkanet

CR — Critically Endangered

eccentric grass snail

NT — Near Threatened

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Bad-smelling Alkanet	eccentric grass 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.

eccentric grass snail

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including temperate broadleaf and mixed forests, tundra, and tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, among 5 distinct biome types spanning the Australasia and Oceanian and Palearctic realms. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Widely distributed across Asia (Israel), Europe (9 countries), North America (Mexico, United States), and Oceania and the Pacific (New Zealand). Listed as Near Threatened, this species requires ongoing monitoring to prevent population decline.

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.