Bad-smelling Alkanet vs lettered cone

Alkanna maleolens compared with Conus litteratus

Key Differences

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

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bad-smelling Alkanet	lettered 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 litteratus

Conservation Status

Bad-smelling Alkanet

CR — Critically Endangered

lettered cone

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Bad-smelling Alkanet	lettered 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.

lettered cone

Habitat

Inhabits flooded grasslands and savannas within the Afrotropic biogeographic realm.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (4 countries), Asia (Taiwan), and Europe (Norway).

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.