Bad-smelling Alkanet vs herald snail

Alkanna maleolens compared with Carychium minimum

Key Differences

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

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bad-smelling Alkanet	herald snail
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Mollusca (Mollusks)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Gastropoda (Gastropoda)
Order	Boraginales (Boraginales)	Ellobiida (Ellobiida)
Family	Boraginaceae	Ellobiidae
Genus	Alkanna	Carychium
Species	Alkanna maleolens	Carychium minimum

Conservation Status

Bad-smelling Alkanet

CR — Critically Endangered

herald snail

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Bad-smelling Alkanet	herald 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.

herald snail

Habitat

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

Range

Found across Europe (5 countries) and North America (United States).

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.