Black fruited galanga vs sun shell

Alpinia nigra compared with Astraea heliotropium

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Black fruited galanga	sun shell
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Mollusca (Mollusks)
Class	Liliopsida (Monocots)	Gastropoda (Gastropoda)
Order	Zingiberales (Zingiberales)	Trochida (Trochida)
Family	Zingiberaceae	Turbinidae
Genus	Alpinia	Astraea
Species	Alpinia nigra	Astraea heliotropium

Conservation Status

Black fruited galanga

LC — Least Concern

sun shell

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Black fruited galanga	sun shell
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Black fruited galanga

Habitat

Inhabits tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests and tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests within the Neotropic biogeographic realm.

Range

Found in Jamaica.

sun shell

Habitat

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

Range

Found in New Zealand.

Black fruited galanga

The Black fruited galanga (Alpinia nigra) is a species in the genus Alpinia. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Inhabits tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests and tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests within the Neotropic biogeographic realm.