Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle vs Sowerby's keeled slug

Anostirus castaneus compared with Tandonia sowerbyi

Key Differences

• Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle is Least Concern while Sowerby's keeled slug is Data Deficient.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	Sowerby's keeled slug
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Arthropoda (Arthropods)	Mollusca (Mollusks)
Class	Insecta (Insects)	Gastropoda (Gastropoda)
Order	Coleoptera (Beetles)	Stylommatophora (Stylommatophora)
Family	Elateridae	Milacidae
Genus	Anostirus	Tandonia
Species	Anostirus castaneus	Tandonia sowerbyi

Evolutionary Relationship

Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle and Sowerby's keeled slug share a common ancestor at the Kingdom level: Animalia. (Animals)

Conservation Status

Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle

LC — Least Concern

Sowerby's keeled slug

DD — Data Deficient

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	Sowerby's keeled 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.

Sowerby's keeled slug

Habitat

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

Range

Found across Europe (10 countries) and Oceania and the Pacific (New Zealand).

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.

Shared Countries

Both species can be found in 1 countries:

🇧🇪 Belgium