Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle vs Turkish snail

Anostirus castaneus compared with Helix lucorum

Key Differences

• Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle is Least Concern while Turkish snail is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	Turkish snail
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Arthropoda (Arthropods)	Mollusca (Mollusks)
Class	Insecta (Insects)	Gastropoda (Gastropoda)
Order	Coleoptera (Beetles)	Stylommatophora (Stylommatophora)
Family	Elateridae	Helicidae
Genus	Anostirus	Helix
Species	Anostirus castaneus	Helix lucorum

Evolutionary Relationship

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

Conservation Status

Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle

LC — Least Concern

Turkish snail

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	Turkish snail
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.

Turkish snail

Habitat

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

Range

Found across Europe (9 countries).

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 2 countries:

🇧🇪 Belgium 🇳🇴 Norway