Bed-jacket vs herald snail

Alectryon tomentosus compared with Carychium minimum

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bed-jacket	herald snail
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Mollusca (Mollusks)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Gastropoda (Gastropoda)
Order	Sapindales (Sapindales)	Ellobiida (Ellobiida)
Family	Sapindaceae	Ellobiidae
Genus	Alectryon	Carychium
Species	Alectryon tomentosus	Carychium minimum

Conservation Status

Bed-jacket

LC — Least Concern

herald snail

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Bed-jacket	herald snail
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Bed-jacket

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.

herald snail

Habitat

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

Range

Found across Europe (5 countries) and North America (United States).

Bed-jacket

The Bed-jacket (Alectryon tomentosus) is a species in the genus Alectryon. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.