blunt tellin vs Floating Fern

Arcopagia crassa compared with Salvinia natans

Key Differences

• blunt tellin is Vulnerable while Floating Fern is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	blunt tellin	Floating Fern
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Mollusca (Mollusks)	Tracheophyta
Class	Bivalvia (Bivalvia)	Polypodiopsida (Polypodiopsida)
Order	Cardiida (Cardiida)	Salviniales (Salviniales)
Family	Tellinidae	Salviniaceae
Genus	Arcopagia	Salvinia
Species	Arcopagia crassa	Salvinia natans

Conservation Status

blunt tellin

VU — Vulnerable

Floating Fern

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	blunt tellin	Floating Fern
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.

Floating Fern

Habitat

Typically found in moist, shaded forest floors and tropical canopies.

Range

Widely distributed across Asia (4 countries), Europe (9 countries), North America (Honduras), and Oceania and the Pacific (Australia).

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 3 countries:

🇧🇪 Belgium 🇳🇴 Norway 🇸🇪 Sweden