Bellenden Ker Scaly Snail vs Raphia Palm

Aetholitis gerdesae compared with Raphia farinifera

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bellenden Ker Scaly Snail	Raphia Palm
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Mollusca (Mollusks)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Gastropoda (Gastropoda)	Liliopsida (Monocots)
Order	Stylommatophora (Stylommatophora)	Arecales (Arecales)
Family	Camaenidae	Arecaceae
Genus	Aetholitis	Raphia
Species	Aetholitis gerdesae	Raphia farinifera

Conservation Status

Bellenden Ker Scaly Snail

LC — Least Concern

Raphia Palm

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Bellenden Ker Scaly Snail	Raphia Palm
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.

Raphia Palm

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Brazil, Cameroon, Comoros, Madagascar, and Seychelles.

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.