Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle vs Disappearing Soil Slug

Anostirus castaneus compared with Arion occultus

Key Differences

• Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle is Least Concern while Disappearing Soil Slug is Data Deficient.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	Disappearing Soil Slug
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Arthropoda (Arthropods)	Mollusca (Mollusks)
Class	Insecta (Insects)	Gastropoda (Gastropoda)
Order	Coleoptera (Beetles)	Stylommatophora (Stylommatophora)
Family	Elateridae	Arionidae
Genus	Anostirus	Arion
Species	Anostirus castaneus	Arion occultus

Evolutionary Relationship

Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle and Disappearing Soil Slug share a common ancestor at the Kingdom level: Animalia. (Animals)

Conservation Status

Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle

LC — Least Concern

Disappearing Soil Slug

DD — Data Deficient

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	Disappearing Soil Slug
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.

Disappearing Soil Slug

Habitat

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

Range

Found in Ireland.

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.