Bellenden Ker Scaly Snail vs Variable flatsedge

Aetholitis gerdesae compared with Cyperus difformis

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bellenden Ker Scaly Snail	Variable flatsedge
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 difformis

Conservation Status

Bellenden Ker Scaly Snail

LC — Least Concern

Variable flatsedge

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Bellenden Ker Scaly Snail	Variable flatsedge
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.

Variable flatsedge

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests, and tropical and subtropical coniferous forests, among 6 distinct biome types spanning the Indomalayan and Neotropic and Palearctic realms. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (9 countries), Asia (10 countries), Europe (9 countries), North America (6 countries), Oceania and the Pacific (5 countries), and South America (6 countries).

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.