Bellenden Ker Scaly Snail vs Dwarf eelgrass

Aetholitis gerdesae compared with Zostera japonica

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bellenden Ker Scaly Snail	Dwarf eelgrass
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Mollusca (Mollusks)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Gastropoda (Gastropoda)	Liliopsida (Monocots)
Order	Stylommatophora (Stylommatophora)	Alismatales (Alismatales)
Family	Camaenidae	Zosteraceae
Genus	Aetholitis	Zostera
Species	Aetholitis gerdesae	Zostera japonica

Conservation Status

Bellenden Ker Scaly Snail

LC — Least Concern

Dwarf eelgrass

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Bellenden Ker Scaly Snail	Dwarf eelgrass
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.

Dwarf eelgrass

Habitat

Inhabits tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests within the Indomalayan biogeographic realm.

Range

Distributed across Canada, Laos, Norway, Taiwan, and 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.