Mérida Brocket vs plicate door snail

Mazama bricenii compared with Macrogastra plicatula

Key Differences

• Mérida Brocket is Vulnerable while plicate door snail is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Mérida Brocket	plicate door snail
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Mollusca (Mollusks)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Gastropoda (Gastropoda)
Order	Artiodactyla (Even-toed Ungulates)	Stylommatophora (Stylommatophora)
Family	Cervidae (Deer)	Clausiliidae
Genus	Mazama	Macrogastra
Species	Mazama bricenii	Macrogastra plicatula

Evolutionary Relationship

Mérida Brocket and plicate door snail share a common ancestor at the Kingdom level: Animalia. (Animals)

Conservation Status

Mérida Brocket

VU — Vulnerable

plicate door snail

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Mérida Brocket	plicate door snail
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Mérida Brocket

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Found in Venezuela. Currently classified as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List, this species faces significant conservation challenges across its range.

plicate door snail

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Belgium, Denmark, Norway, Sweden, and Ukraine.