Belly-shaped Hard Grass vs herald snail

Aegilops ventricosa compared with Carychium minimum

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Belly-shaped Hard Grass	herald snail
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Mollusca (Mollusks)
Class	Liliopsida (Monocots)	Gastropoda (Gastropoda)
Order	Poales (Grasses)	Ellobiida (Ellobiida)
Family	Poaceae (Grass Family)	Ellobiidae
Genus	Aegilops	Carychium
Species	Aegilops ventricosa	Carychium minimum

Conservation Status

Belly-shaped Hard Grass

LC — Least Concern

herald snail

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Belly-shaped Hard Grass	herald snail
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Belly-shaped Hard Grass

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Belgium, France, Netherlands, and United Kingdom.

herald snail

Habitat

Typically found in terrestrial and aquatic habitats including forests and freshwater.

Range

Found across Europe (5 countries) and North America (United States).

Belly-shaped Hard Grass

The Belly-shaped Hard Grass (Aegilops ventricosa) is a species in the genus Aegilops. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in grasslands, wetlands, forests, and cultivated landscapes.