Bad-smelling Alkanet vs glossy furrow-shell

Alkanna maleolens compared with Abra nitida

Key Differences

• Bad-smelling Alkanet is Critically Endangered while glossy furrow-shell is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bad-smelling Alkanet	glossy furrow-shell
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Mollusca (Mollusks)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Bivalvia (Bivalvia)
Order	Boraginales (Boraginales)	Cardiida (Cardiida)
Family	Boraginaceae	Semelidae
Genus	Alkanna	Abra
Species	Alkanna maleolens	Abra nitida

Conservation Status

Bad-smelling Alkanet

CR — Critically Endangered

glossy furrow-shell

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Bad-smelling Alkanet	glossy furrow-shell
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.

glossy furrow-shell

Habitat

Native to Europe, inhabiting ecosystems characteristic of the region.

Range

Distributed across Norway and Sweden.

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.