Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle vs truncate barrel-bubble

Anostirus castaneus compared with Retusa truncatula

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	truncate barrel-bubble
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Arthropoda (Arthropods)	Mollusca (Mollusks)
Class	Insecta (Insects)	Gastropoda (Gastropoda)
Order	Coleoptera (Beetles)	Cephalaspidea (Cephalaspidea)
Family	Elateridae	Retusidae
Genus	Anostirus	Retusa
Species	Anostirus castaneus	Retusa truncatula

Evolutionary Relationship

Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle and truncate barrel-bubble share a common ancestor at the Kingdom level: Animalia. (Animals)

Conservation Status

Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle

LC — Least Concern

truncate barrel-bubble

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	truncate barrel-bubble
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.

truncate barrel-bubble

Habitat

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

Range

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

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 4 countries:

🇧🇪 Belgium 🇩🇰 Denmark 🇳🇴 Norway 🇸🇪 Sweden