Elegant Water Shrew vs ribbed grass snail

Nectogale elegans compared with Vallonia costata

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Elegant Water Shrew	ribbed grass snail
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Mollusca (Mollusks)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Gastropoda (Gastropoda)
Order	Soricomorpha (Soricomorpha)	Stylommatophora (Stylommatophora)
Family	Soricidae	Valloniidae
Genus	Nectogale	Vallonia
Species	Nectogale elegans	Vallonia costata

Evolutionary Relationship

Elegant Water Shrew and ribbed grass snail share a common ancestor at the Kingdom level: Animalia. (Animals)

Conservation Status

Elegant Water Shrew

LC — Least Concern

ribbed grass snail

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Elegant Water Shrew	ribbed grass snail
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Elegant Water Shrew

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).