Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle vs devil clam

Anostirus castaneus compared with Tridacna mbalavuana

Key Differences

• Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle is Least Concern while devil clam is Vulnerable.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	devil clam
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Arthropoda (Arthropods)	Mollusca (Mollusks)
Class	Insecta (Insects)	Bivalvia (Bivalvia)
Order	Coleoptera (Beetles)	Cardiida (Cardiida)
Family	Elateridae	Cardiidae
Genus	Anostirus	Tridacna
Species	Anostirus castaneus	Tridacna mbalavuana

Evolutionary Relationship

Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle and devil clam share a common ancestor at the Kingdom level: Animalia. (Animals)

Conservation Status

Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle

LC — Least Concern

devil clam

VU — Vulnerable

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	devil clam
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Range

Distributed across Belgium, Denmark, Norway, Sweden, and Switzerland.

devil clam

Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle

The Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle (Anostirus castaneus) is a species in the genus Anostirus. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.