Elliot's Short-tailed Shrew vs ribbed grass snail

Blarina hylophaga compared with Vallonia costata

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Elliot's Short-tailed 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	Blarina	Vallonia
Species	Blarina hylophaga	Vallonia costata

Evolutionary Relationship

Elliot's Short-tailed Shrew and ribbed grass snail share a common ancestor at the Kingdom level: Animalia. (Animals)

Conservation Status

Elliot's Short-tailed Shrew

LC — Least Concern

ribbed grass snail

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Elliot's Short-tailed Shrew	ribbed grass snail
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Elliot's Short-tailed 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).