Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle vs unspotted moonsnail

Anostirus castaneus compared with Euspira montagui

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	unspotted moonsnail
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Arthropoda (Arthropods)	Mollusca (Mollusks)
Class	Insecta (Insects)	Gastropoda (Gastropoda)
Order	Coleoptera (Beetles)	Littorinimorpha (Littorinimorpha)
Family	Elateridae	Naticidae
Genus	Anostirus	Euspira
Species	Anostirus castaneus	Euspira montagui

Evolutionary Relationship

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

Conservation Status

Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle

LC — Least Concern

unspotted moonsnail

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	unspotted moonsnail
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.

unspotted moonsnail

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Denmark, Norway, 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 3 countries:

🇩🇰 Denmark 🇳🇴 Norway 🇸🇪 Sweden