Beautiful Plume vs plicate door snail

Amblyptilia acanthadactyla compared with Macrogastra plicatula

Taxonomic Classification

Rank Beautiful Plume plicate door snail
Kingdom same Animalia (Animals) Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods) Mollusca (Mollusks)
Class Insecta (Insects) Gastropoda (Gastropoda)
Order Lepidoptera (Butterflies & Moths) Stylommatophora (Stylommatophora)
Family Pterophoridae Clausiliidae
Genus Amblyptilia Macrogastra
Species Amblyptilia acanthadactyla Macrogastra plicatula

Evolutionary Relationship

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

Conservation Status

Beautiful Plume

LC — Least Concern

plicate door snail

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute Beautiful Plume plicate door 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).

plicate door snail

Habitat

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

Range

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

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.

plicate door snail

No description available.

Shared Countries

Both species can be found in 4 countries:

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