Bellenden Ker Scaly Snail vs rough-leaf hydrangea

Aetholitis gerdesae compared with Hydrangea aspera

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bellenden Ker Scaly Snail	rough-leaf hydrangea
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Mollusca (Mollusks)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Gastropoda (Gastropoda)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Stylommatophora (Stylommatophora)	Cornales (Cornales)
Family	Camaenidae	Hydrangeaceae
Genus	Aetholitis	Hydrangea
Species	Aetholitis gerdesae	Hydrangea aspera

Conservation Status

Bellenden Ker Scaly Snail

LC — Least Concern

rough-leaf hydrangea

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Bellenden Ker Scaly Snail	rough-leaf hydrangea
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.

rough-leaf hydrangea

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Norway, Sweden, and Taiwan.

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.