Baytop's Onion vs robust pillar snail

Allium baytopiorum compared with Cochlicopa nitens

Key Differences

• Baytop's Onion is Critically Endangered while robust pillar snail is Endangered.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Baytop's Onion	robust pillar snail
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Mollusca (Mollusks)
Class	Liliopsida (Monocots)	Gastropoda (Gastropoda)
Order	Asparagales (Asparagales)	Stylommatophora (Stylommatophora)
Family	Amaryllidaceae	Cochlicopidae
Genus	Allium	Cochlicopa
Species	Allium baytopiorum	Cochlicopa nitens

Conservation Status

Baytop's Onion

CR — Critically Endangered

robust pillar snail

EN — Endangered

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Baytop's Onion	robust pillar snail
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Baytop's Onion

Habitat

Typically found in grasslands, wetlands, forests, and cultivated landscapes.

robust pillar snail

Habitat

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

Range

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

Baytop's Onion

The Baytop's Onion (Allium baytopiorum) is a species in the genus Allium. It is currently classified as Critically Endangered on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in grasslands, wetlands, forests, and cultivated landscapes.