Bad-smelling Alkanet vs slender facelina

Alkanna maleolens compared with Facelina auriculata

Key Differences

• Bad-smelling Alkanet is Critically Endangered while slender facelina is Vulnerable.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bad-smelling Alkanet	slender facelina
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Mollusca (Mollusks)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Gastropoda (Gastropoda)
Order	Boraginales (Boraginales)	Nudibranchia (Nudibranchia)
Family	Boraginaceae	Facelinidae
Genus	Alkanna	Facelina
Species	Alkanna maleolens	Facelina auriculata

Conservation Status

Bad-smelling Alkanet

CR — Critically Endangered

slender facelina

VU — Vulnerable

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Bad-smelling Alkanet	slender facelina
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.

slender facelina

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Denmark, Norway, and Sweden. Currently classified as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List, this species faces significant conservation challenges across its range.

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.