Beggar'S-Buttons vs glossy furrow-shell

Arctium lappa compared with Abra nitida

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Beggar'S-Buttons	glossy furrow-shell
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Mollusca (Mollusks)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Bivalvia (Bivalvia)
Order	Asterales (Daisies & Sunflowers)	Cardiida (Cardiida)
Family	Asteraceae (Daisy Family)	Semelidae
Genus	Arctium	Abra
Species	Arctium lappa	Abra nitida

Conservation Status

Beggar'S-Buttons

LC — Least Concern

glossy furrow-shell

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Beggar'S-Buttons	glossy furrow-shell
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Beggar'S-Buttons

Habitat

Inhabits temperate coniferous forests within the Palearctic biogeographic realm.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Algeria), Asia (North Korea, Taiwan), Europe (11 countries), North America (Canada, United States), and South America (Brazil).

glossy furrow-shell

Habitat

Native to Europe, inhabiting ecosystems characteristic of the region.

Range

Distributed across Norway and Sweden.

Beggar'S-Buttons

The Beggar'S-Buttons (Arctium lappa) is a species in the genus Arctium. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Inhabits temperate coniferous forests within the Palearctic biogeographic realm.