blunt tellin vs Garlic Snail

Arcopagia crassa compared with Oxychilus alliarius

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	blunt tellin	Garlic Snail
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum same	Mollusca (Mollusks)	Mollusca (Mollusks)
Class	Bivalvia (Bivalvia)	Gastropoda (Gastropoda)
Order	Cardiida (Cardiida)	Stylommatophora (Stylommatophora)
Family	Tellinidae	Oxychilidae
Genus	Arcopagia	Oxychilus
Species	Arcopagia crassa	Oxychilus alliarius

Evolutionary Relationship

blunt tellin and Garlic Snail share a common ancestor at the Phylum level: Mollusca. (Mollusks)

View Phylum: Mollusca

Conservation Status

blunt tellin

VU — Vulnerable

Garlic Snail

VU — Vulnerable

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	blunt tellin	Garlic Snail
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.

Garlic Snail

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including temperate broadleaf and mixed forests, tundra, and tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, among 4 distinct biome types spanning the Australasia and Oceanian and Palearctic realms. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (South Africa), Europe (7 countries), North America (United States), Oceania and the Pacific (New Zealand), and South America (Chile). Currently classified as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List, this species faces significant conservation challenges across its range.

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.