Crab-eating Mongoose vs ribbed grass snail

Herpestes urva compared with Vallonia costata

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Crab-eating Mongoose	ribbed grass snail
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Mollusca (Mollusks)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Gastropoda (Gastropoda)
Order	Carnivora (Carnivorans)	Stylommatophora (Stylommatophora)
Family	Herpestidae	Valloniidae
Genus	Herpestes	Vallonia
Species	Herpestes urva	Vallonia costata

Evolutionary Relationship

Crab-eating Mongoose and ribbed grass snail share a common ancestor at the Kingdom level: Animalia. (Animals)

Conservation Status

Crab-eating Mongoose

LC — Least Concern

ribbed grass snail

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Crab-eating Mongoose	ribbed grass snail
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Crab-eating Mongoose

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

ribbed grass snail

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (South Africa), Asia (Israel), Europe (9 countries), North America (Mexico, United States), Oceania and the Pacific (New Zealand), and South America (Chile).