Bed-jacket vs Turkish snail

Alectryon tomentosus compared with Helix lucorum

Key Differences

• Bed-jacket is Least Concern while Turkish snail is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bed-jacket	Turkish snail
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Mollusca (Mollusks)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Gastropoda (Gastropoda)
Order	Sapindales (Sapindales)	Stylommatophora (Stylommatophora)
Family	Sapindaceae	Helicidae
Genus	Alectryon	Helix
Species	Alectryon tomentosus	Helix lucorum

Conservation Status

Bed-jacket

LC — Least Concern

Turkish snail

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Bed-jacket	Turkish 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.

Turkish snail

Habitat

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

Range

Found across Europe (9 countries).

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.