Banded feather-winged beetle vs plicate door snail

Acrotrichis fascicularis compared with Macrogastra plicatula

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Banded feather-winged beetle	plicate door snail
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Arthropoda (Arthropods)	Mollusca (Mollusks)
Class	Insecta (Insects)	Gastropoda (Gastropoda)
Order	Coleoptera (Beetles)	Stylommatophora (Stylommatophora)
Family	Ptiliidae	Clausiliidae
Genus	Acrotrichis	Macrogastra
Species	Acrotrichis fascicularis	Macrogastra plicatula

Evolutionary Relationship

Banded feather-winged beetle and plicate door snail share a common ancestor at the Kingdom level: Animalia. (Animals)

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Conservation Status

Banded feather-winged beetle

LC — Least Concern

plicate door snail

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Banded feather-winged beetle	plicate door snail
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Banded feather-winged beetle

Habitat

Inhabits montane grasslands and shrublands and deserts and xeric shrublands within the Palearctic biogeographic realm. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Widely distributed across Asia (Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan), Europe (4 countries), and North America (Canada, United States).

plicate door snail

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Belgium, Denmark, Norway, Sweden, and Ukraine.

Banded feather-winged beetle

The Banded feather-winged beetle (Acrotrichis fascicularis) is a species in the genus Acrotrichis. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Inhabits montane grasslands and shrublands and deserts and xeric shrublands within the Palearctic biogeographic realm. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.