blunt tellin vs Greater dodder

Arcopagia crassa compared with Cuscuta europaea

Key Differences

blunt tellin is Vulnerable while Greater dodder is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	blunt tellin	Greater dodder
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Mollusca (Mollusks)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Bivalvia (Bivalvia)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Cardiida (Cardiida)	Solanales (Solanales)
Family	Tellinidae	Convolvulaceae
Genus	Arcopagia	Cuscuta
Species	Arcopagia crassa	Cuscuta europaea

Conservation Status

blunt tellin

VU — Vulnerable

Greater dodder

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	blunt tellin	Greater dodder
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.

Greater dodder

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Asia (Bhutan, Turkey), Europe (5 countries), and North America (United States).

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.