Blackboard Tree vs sun shell

Alstonia scholaris compared with Astraea heliotropium

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Blackboard Tree	sun shell
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Mollusca (Mollusks)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Gastropoda (Gastropoda)
Order	Gentianales (Gentianales)	Trochida (Trochida)
Family	Apocynaceae	Turbinidae
Genus	Alstonia	Astraea
Species	Alstonia scholaris	Astraea heliotropium

Conservation Status

Blackboard Tree

LC — Least Concern

sun shell

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Blackboard Tree	sun shell
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Blackboard Tree

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Micronesia, Taiwan, and United States.

sun shell

Habitat

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

Range

Found in New Zealand.

Blackboard Tree

The Blackboard Tree (Alstonia scholaris) is a species in the genus Alstonia. 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 Oceanian biogeographic realm.