Bird's Eye vs sun shell

Alectryon subcinereus compared with Astraea heliotropium

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bird's Eye	sun shell
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Mollusca (Mollusks)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Gastropoda (Gastropoda)
Order	Sapindales (Sapindales)	Trochida (Trochida)
Family	Sapindaceae	Turbinidae
Genus	Alectryon	Astraea
Species	Alectryon subcinereus	Astraea heliotropium

Conservation Status

Bird's Eye

LC — Least Concern

sun shell

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Bird's Eye	sun shell
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.

sun shell

Habitat

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

Range

Found in 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.