Delicate Slender Opossum vs milk snail

Marmosops parvidens compared with Otala lactea

Key Differences

• Delicate Slender Opossum is Least Concern while milk snail is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Delicate Slender Opossum	milk snail
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Mollusca (Mollusks)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Gastropoda (Gastropoda)
Order	Didelphimorphia (Didelphimorphia)	Stylommatophora (Stylommatophora)
Family	Didelphidae	Helicidae
Genus	Marmosops	Otala
Species	Marmosops parvidens	Otala lactea

Evolutionary Relationship

Delicate Slender Opossum and milk snail share a common ancestor at the Kingdom level: Animalia. (Animals)

Conservation Status

Delicate Slender Opossum

LC — Least Concern

milk snail

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Delicate Slender Opossum	milk snail
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Delicate Slender Opossum

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Found in Venezuela.

milk snail

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Europe (5 countries), North America (Mexico, United States), and South America (Argentina, Chile, Paraguay).