Bellenden Ker Scaly Snail vs Floating Fern

Aetholitis gerdesae compared with Salvinia natans

Key Differences

Bellenden Ker Scaly Snail is Least Concern while Floating Fern is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bellenden Ker Scaly Snail	Floating Fern
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Mollusca (Mollusks)	Tracheophyta
Class	Gastropoda (Gastropoda)	Polypodiopsida (Polypodiopsida)
Order	Stylommatophora (Stylommatophora)	Salviniales (Salviniales)
Family	Camaenidae	Salviniaceae
Genus	Aetholitis	Salvinia
Species	Aetholitis gerdesae	Salvinia natans

Conservation Status

Bellenden Ker Scaly Snail

LC — Least Concern

Floating Fern

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Bellenden Ker Scaly Snail	Floating Fern
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.

Floating Fern

Habitat

Typically found in moist, shaded forest floors and tropical canopies.

Range

Widely distributed across Asia (4 countries), Europe (9 countries), North America (Honduras), and Oceania and the Pacific (Australia).

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.