Elegant Water Shrew vs tiny risso snail

Nectogale elegans compared with Rissoa parva

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Elegant Water Shrew	tiny risso snail
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Mollusca (Mollusks)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Gastropoda (Gastropoda)
Order	Soricomorpha (Soricomorpha)	Littorinimorpha (Littorinimorpha)
Family	Soricidae	Rissoidae
Genus	Nectogale	Rissoa
Species	Nectogale elegans	Rissoa parva

Evolutionary Relationship

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

Conservation Status

Elegant Water Shrew

LC — Least Concern

tiny risso snail

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Elegant Water Shrew	tiny risso snail
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Elegant Water Shrew

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

tiny risso snail

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Belgium, Denmark, Norway, and Sweden.