Belly-shaped Hard Grass vs milk snail

Aegilops ventricosa compared with Otala lactea

Key Differences

• Belly-shaped Hard Grass is Least Concern while milk snail is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Belly-shaped Hard Grass	milk snail
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Mollusca (Mollusks)
Class	Liliopsida (Monocots)	Gastropoda (Gastropoda)
Order	Poales (Grasses)	Stylommatophora (Stylommatophora)
Family	Poaceae (Grass Family)	Helicidae
Genus	Aegilops	Otala
Species	Aegilops ventricosa	Otala lactea

Conservation Status

Belly-shaped Hard Grass

LC — Least Concern

milk snail

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Belly-shaped Hard Grass	milk 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.

milk snail

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Europe (5 countries), North America (Mexico, United States), and South America (Argentina, Chile, Paraguay).

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.

Shared Countries

Both species can be found in 1 countries:

🇧🇪 Belgium