Bad-smelling Alkanet vs garter cone

Alkanna maleolens compared with Conus genuanus

Key Differences

• Bad-smelling Alkanet is Critically Endangered while garter cone is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bad-smelling Alkanet	garter cone
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Mollusca (Mollusks)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Gastropoda (Gastropoda)
Order	Boraginales (Boraginales)	Neogastropoda (Neogastropoda)
Family	Boraginaceae	Conidae
Genus	Alkanna	Conus
Species	Alkanna maleolens	Conus genuanus

Conservation Status

Bad-smelling Alkanet

CR — Critically Endangered

garter cone

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Bad-smelling Alkanet	garter cone
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.

garter cone

Habitat

Inhabits tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests and tropical and subtropical grasslands and savannas within the Afrotropic biogeographic realm.

Range

Distributed across Angola, Cabo Verde, Gabon, Norway, and Taiwan.

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.