blunt tellin vs Rootless Duckweed

Arcopagia crassa compared with Wolffia arrhiza

Key Differences

blunt tellin is Vulnerable while Rootless Duckweed is Endangered.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	blunt tellin	Rootless Duckweed
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Mollusca (Mollusks)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Bivalvia (Bivalvia)	Liliopsida (Monocots)
Order	Cardiida (Cardiida)	Alismatales (Alismatales)
Family	Tellinidae	Araceae
Genus	Arcopagia	Wolffia
Species	Arcopagia crassa	Wolffia arrhiza

Conservation Status

blunt tellin

VU — Vulnerable

Rootless Duckweed

EN — Endangered

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	blunt tellin	Rootless Duckweed
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.

Rootless Duckweed

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Asia (Japan), Europe (10 countries), North America (Canada), and South America (Brazil). Currently classified as Endangered 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.