Beggar'S-Buttons vs Shelled Slug

Arctium lappa compared with Testacella haliotidea

Key Differences

• Beggar'S-Buttons is Least Concern while Shelled Slug is Data Deficient.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Beggar'S-Buttons	Shelled Slug
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Mollusca (Mollusks)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Gastropoda (Gastropoda)
Order	Asterales (Daisies & Sunflowers)	Stylommatophora (Stylommatophora)
Family	Asteraceae (Daisy Family)	Testacellidae
Genus	Arctium	Testacella
Species	Arctium lappa	Testacella haliotidea

Conservation Status

Beggar'S-Buttons

LC — Least Concern

Shelled Slug

DD — Data Deficient

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Beggar'S-Buttons	Shelled Slug
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).

Shelled Slug

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Europe (9 countries), North America (United States), and Oceania and the Pacific (New Zealand).

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.

Shared Countries

Both species can be found in 5 countries:

🇧🇪 Belgium 🇫🇷 France 🇸🇪 Sweden 🇬🇧 United Kingdom 🇺🇸 United States