blunt tellin vs Flat Wrack

Arcopagia crassa compared with Fucus spiralis

Key Differences

• blunt tellin is Vulnerable while Flat Wrack is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	blunt tellin	Flat Wrack
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Chromista (Chromista)
Phylum	Mollusca (Mollusks)	Ochrophyta (Ochrophyta)
Class	Bivalvia (Bivalvia)	Phaeophyceae (Phaeophyceae)
Order	Cardiida (Cardiida)	Fucales (Fucales)
Family	Tellinidae	Fucaceae
Genus	Arcopagia	Fucus
Species	Arcopagia crassa	Fucus spiralis

Conservation Status

blunt tellin

VU — Vulnerable

Flat Wrack

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	blunt tellin	Flat Wrack
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

blunt tellin

Habitat

Native to Europe, inhabiting ecosystems characteristic of the region.

Range

Distributed across Belgium, Denmark, Norway, and Sweden. Currently classified as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List, this species faces significant conservation challenges across its range.

Flat Wrack

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including temperate coniferous forests, montane grasslands and shrublands, and Mediterranean forests and woodlands within the Palearctic biogeographic realm.

Range

Found across Africa (Morocco) and Europe (9 countries).

blunt tellin

The Blunt tellin (Arcopagia crassa) is a species in the genus Arcopagia. It is currently classified as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List. Native to Europe, inhabiting ecosystems characteristic of the region.

Shared Countries

Both species can be found in 4 countries:

🇧🇪 Belgium 🇩🇰 Denmark 🇳🇴 Norway 🇸🇪 Sweden