Bellenden Ker Scaly Snail vs Cuckoo-Bread

Aetholitis gerdesae compared with Oxalis acetosella

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bellenden Ker Scaly Snail	Cuckoo-Bread
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Mollusca (Mollusks)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Gastropoda (Gastropoda)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Stylommatophora (Stylommatophora)	Oxalidales (Oxalidales)
Family	Camaenidae	Oxalidaceae
Genus	Aetholitis	Oxalis
Species	Aetholitis gerdesae	Oxalis acetosella

Conservation Status

Bellenden Ker Scaly Snail

LC — Least Concern

Cuckoo-Bread

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Bellenden Ker Scaly Snail	Cuckoo-Bread
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Bellenden Ker Scaly Snail

Habitat

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

Range

Found in Australia.

Cuckoo-Bread

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.

Range

Found across Europe (6 countries) and North America (United States).

Bellenden Ker Scaly Snail

The Bellenden Ker Scaly Snail (Aetholitis gerdesae) is a species in the genus Aetholitis. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in terrestrial and aquatic habitats including forests and freshwater.