Bellenden Ker Scaly Snail vs Indian toothcup

Aetholitis gerdesae compared with Rotala indica

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bellenden Ker Scaly Snail	Indian toothcup
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Mollusca (Mollusks)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Gastropoda (Gastropoda)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Stylommatophora (Stylommatophora)	Myrtales (Myrtales)
Family	Camaenidae	Lythraceae
Genus	Aetholitis	Rotala
Species	Aetholitis gerdesae	Rotala indica

Conservation Status

Bellenden Ker Scaly Snail

LC — Least Concern

Indian toothcup

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Bellenden Ker Scaly Snail	Indian toothcup
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.

Indian toothcup

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Asia (India, Uzbekistan), Europe (Italy, Portugal, Spain), North America (United States), 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.