Beggar'S-Buttons vs thick-lipped risso snail

Arctium lappa compared with Rissoa membranacea

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Beggar'S-Buttons	thick-lipped risso snail
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Mollusca (Mollusks)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Gastropoda (Gastropoda)
Order	Asterales (Daisies & Sunflowers)	Littorinimorpha (Littorinimorpha)
Family	Asteraceae (Daisy Family)	Rissoidae
Genus	Arctium	Rissoa
Species	Arctium lappa	Rissoa membranacea

Conservation Status

Beggar'S-Buttons

LC — Least Concern

thick-lipped risso snail

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Beggar'S-Buttons	thick-lipped risso snail
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).

thick-lipped risso snail

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Denmark, 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.

Shared Countries

Both species can be found in 3 countries:

🇩🇰 Denmark 🇳🇴 Norway 🇸🇪 Sweden