Bad-smelling Alkanet vs thick emarginula

Alkanna maleolens compared with Emarginula crassa

Key Differences

• Bad-smelling Alkanet is Critically Endangered while thick emarginula is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bad-smelling Alkanet	thick emarginula
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Mollusca (Mollusks)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Gastropoda (Gastropoda)
Order	Boraginales (Boraginales)	Lepetellida (Lepetellida)
Family	Boraginaceae	Fissurellidae
Genus	Alkanna	Emarginula
Species	Alkanna maleolens	Emarginula crassa

Conservation Status

Bad-smelling Alkanet

CR — Critically Endangered

thick emarginula

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Bad-smelling Alkanet	thick emarginula
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.

thick emarginula

Habitat

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

Range

Found across Africa (Mauritania) and Europe (5 countries).

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.