Baytop's Onion vs thick-lipped risso snail

Allium baytopiorum compared with Rissoa membranacea

Key Differences

• Baytop's Onion is Critically Endangered while thick-lipped risso snail is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Baytop's Onion	thick-lipped risso snail
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Mollusca (Mollusks)
Class	Liliopsida (Monocots)	Gastropoda (Gastropoda)
Order	Asparagales (Asparagales)	Littorinimorpha (Littorinimorpha)
Family	Amaryllidaceae	Rissoidae
Genus	Allium	Rissoa
Species	Allium baytopiorum	Rissoa membranacea

Conservation Status

Baytop's Onion

CR — Critically Endangered

thick-lipped risso snail

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Baytop's Onion	thick-lipped risso snail
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Baytop's Onion

Habitat

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

thick-lipped risso snail

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Denmark, Norway, and Sweden.

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.