Beautiful Plume vs Danube river snail

Amblyptilia acanthadactyla compared with Viviparus acerosus

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Beautiful Plume	Danube river snail
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Arthropoda (Arthropods)	Mollusca (Mollusks)
Class	Insecta (Insects)	Gastropoda (Gastropoda)
Order	Lepidoptera (Butterflies & Moths)	Architaenioglossa (Architaenioglossa)
Family	Pterophoridae	Viviparidae
Genus	Amblyptilia	Viviparus
Species	Amblyptilia acanthadactyla	Viviparus acerosus

Evolutionary Relationship

Beautiful Plume and Danube river snail share a common ancestor at the Kingdom level: Animalia. (Animals)

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Conservation Status

Beautiful Plume

LC — Least Concern

Danube river snail

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Beautiful Plume	Danube river snail
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Beautiful Plume

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including temperate coniferous forests, montane grasslands and shrublands, and Mediterranean forests and woodlands, among 4 distinct biome types within the Palearctic biogeographic realm. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Morocco), Asia (4 countries), and Europe (31 countries).

Danube river snail

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Belgium, France, Germany, Netherlands, and United Kingdom.

Beautiful Plume

The Beautiful Plume (Amblyptilia acanthadactyla) is a species in the genus Amblyptilia. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Found across multiple habitat types including temperate coniferous forests, montane grasslands and shrublands, and Mediterranean forests and woodlands, among 4 distinct biome types within the Palearctic biogeographic realm. Populations are.