chainfruit vs rat cone

Alyxia ilicifolia compared with Conus rattus

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	chainfruit	rat cone
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Mollusca (Mollusks)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Gastropoda (Gastropoda)
Order	Gentianales (Gentianales)	Neogastropoda (Neogastropoda)
Family	Apocynaceae	Conidae
Genus	Alyxia	Conus
Species	Alyxia ilicifolia	Conus rattus

Conservation Status

chainfruit

LC — Least Concern

rat cone

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	chainfruit	rat cone
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

chainfruit

Habitat

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

rat cone

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Israel, Mauritius, Seychelles, South Africa, and Taiwan.

chainfruit

The Chainfruit (Alyxia ilicifolia) is a species in the genus Alyxia. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.