Bird's Eye vs Sowerby's keeled slug

Alectryon subcinereus compared with Tandonia sowerbyi

Key Differences

  • Bird's Eye is Least Concern while Sowerby's keeled slug is Data Deficient.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank Bird's Eye Sowerby's keeled slug
Kingdom Plantae (Plants) Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants) Mollusca (Mollusks)
Class Magnoliopsida (Dicots) Gastropoda (Gastropoda)
Order Sapindales (Sapindales) Stylommatophora (Stylommatophora)
Family Sapindaceae Milacidae
Genus Alectryon Tandonia
Species Alectryon subcinereus Tandonia sowerbyi

Conservation Status

Bird's Eye

LC — Least Concern

Sowerby's keeled slug

DD — Data Deficient

Physical Characteristics

Attribute Bird's Eye Sowerby's keeled slug
Diet
Average Lifespan
Average Length
Average Weight

Habitat & Geographic Range

Bird's Eye

Habitat

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

Sowerby's keeled slug

Habitat

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

Range

Found across Europe (10 countries) and Oceania and the Pacific (New Zealand).

Bird's Eye

The Bird's Eye (Alectryon subcinereus) is a species in the genus Alectryon. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.

Sowerby's keeled slug

No description available.

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