Bad-smelling Alkanet vs sharp-ribbed door snail

Alkanna maleolens compared with Clausilia cruciata

Key Differences

• Bad-smelling Alkanet is Critically Endangered while sharp-ribbed door snail is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bad-smelling Alkanet	sharp-ribbed door snail
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Mollusca (Mollusks)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Gastropoda (Gastropoda)
Order	Boraginales (Boraginales)	Stylommatophora (Stylommatophora)
Family	Boraginaceae	Clausiliidae
Genus	Alkanna	Clausilia
Species	Alkanna maleolens	Clausilia cruciata

Conservation Status

Bad-smelling Alkanet

CR — Critically Endangered

sharp-ribbed door snail

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Bad-smelling Alkanet	sharp-ribbed door 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.

sharp-ribbed door snail

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Norway, Sweden, and Ukraine.

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.