Bad-smelling Alkanet vs sun shell

Alkanna maleolens compared with Astraea heliotropium

Key Differences

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

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bad-smelling Alkanet	sun shell
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Mollusca (Mollusks)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Gastropoda (Gastropoda)
Order	Boraginales (Boraginales)	Trochida (Trochida)
Family	Boraginaceae	Turbinidae
Genus	Alkanna	Astraea
Species	Alkanna maleolens	Astraea heliotropium

Conservation Status

Bad-smelling Alkanet

CR — Critically Endangered

sun shell

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Bad-smelling Alkanet	sun 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.

sun shell

Habitat

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

Range

Found in New Zealand.

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.