Bed-jacket vs plicate door snail

Alectryon tomentosus compared with Macrogastra plicatula

Taxonomic Classification

Rank Bed-jacket plicate door snail
Kingdom Plantae (Plants) Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants) Mollusca (Mollusks)
Class Magnoliopsida (Dicots) Gastropoda (Gastropoda)
Order Sapindales (Sapindales) Stylommatophora (Stylommatophora)
Family Sapindaceae Clausiliidae
Genus Alectryon Macrogastra
Species Alectryon tomentosus Macrogastra plicatula

Conservation Status

Bed-jacket

LC — Least Concern

plicate door snail

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute Bed-jacket plicate door 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.

plicate door snail

Habitat

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

Range

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

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.

plicate door snail

No description available.

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