Bad-smelling Alkanet vs tiny door snail

Alkanna maleolens compared with Clausilia rugosa

Key Differences

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

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bad-smelling Alkanet	tiny 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 rugosa

Conservation Status

Bad-smelling Alkanet

CR — Critically Endangered

tiny door snail

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Bad-smelling Alkanet	tiny 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.

tiny door snail

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Belgium and 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.