Belly-shaped Hard Grass vs Phallic Catshark

Aegilops ventricosa compared with Galeus priapus

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Belly-shaped Hard Grass	Phallic Catshark
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Liliopsida (Monocots)	Chondrichthyes (Cartilaginous Fish)
Order	Poales (Grasses)	Carcharhiniformes (Ground Sharks)
Family	Poaceae (Grass Family)	Scyliorhinidae
Genus	Aegilops	Galeus
Species	Aegilops ventricosa	Galeus priapus

Conservation Status

Belly-shaped Hard Grass

LC — Least Concern

Phallic Catshark

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Belly-shaped Hard Grass	Phallic Catshark
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.

Phallic Catshark

Habitat

Typically found in marine environments from coastal waters to deep ocean.

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.