Butterfly-leaf vs sun shell

Adenolobus garipensis compared with Astraea heliotropium

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Butterfly-leaf	sun shell
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Mollusca (Mollusks)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Gastropoda (Gastropoda)
Order	Fabales (Legumes & Allies)	Trochida (Trochida)
Family	Fabaceae	Turbinidae
Genus	Adenolobus	Astraea
Species	Adenolobus garipensis	Astraea heliotropium

Conservation Status

Butterfly-leaf

LC — Least Concern

sun shell

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Butterfly-leaf	sun shell
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Butterfly-leaf

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.

sun shell

Habitat

Typically found in terrestrial and aquatic habitats including forests and freshwater.

Range

Found in New Zealand.

Butterfly-leaf

The Butterfly-leaf (Adenolobus garipensis) is a species in the genus Adenolobus. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.