Bellenden Ker Scaly Snail vs foothill flat sedge

Aetholitis gerdesae compared with Cyperus amabilis

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bellenden Ker Scaly Snail	foothill flat sedge
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Mollusca (Mollusks)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Gastropoda (Gastropoda)	Liliopsida (Monocots)
Order	Stylommatophora (Stylommatophora)	Poales (Grasses)
Family	Camaenidae	Cyperaceae
Genus	Aetholitis	Cyperus
Species	Aetholitis gerdesae	Cyperus amabilis

Conservation Status

Bellenden Ker Scaly Snail

LC — Least Concern

foothill flat sedge

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Bellenden Ker Scaly Snail	foothill flat sedge
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.

foothill flat sedge

Habitat

Typically found in grasslands, wetlands, forests, and cultivated landscapes.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Burundi, Guinea, Madagascar), North America (Cuba), and South America (Brazil, Colombia).

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.