Dickschalige Tellmuschel vs Stink-Pippau

Arcopagia crassa compared with Crepis foetida

Key Differences

• Dickschalige Tellmuschel is Vulnerable while Stink-Pippau is Endangered.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Dickschalige Tellmuschel	Stink-Pippau
Kingdom	Animalia (Tier)	Plantae (Pflanzen)
Phylum	Mollusca (Weichtiere)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Bivalvia (Muscheln)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Cardiida (Cardiida)	Asterales (Asternartige)
Family	Tellinidae	Asteraceae (Daisy Family)
Genus	Arcopagia	Crepis
Species	Arcopagia crassa	Crepis foetida

Conservation Status

Dickschalige Tellmuschel

VU — Vulnerable

Stink-Pippau

EN — Endangered

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Dickschalige Tellmuschel	Stink-Pippau
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Dickschalige Tellmuschel

Habitat

Native to Europe, inhabiting ecosystems characteristic of the region.

Range

Distributed across Belgium, Denmark, Norway, and Sweden. Currently classified as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List, this species faces significant conservation challenges across its range.

Stink-Pippau

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, temperate grasslands and steppes, and flooded grasslands and savannas, among 4 distinct biome types within the Neotropic biogeographic realm.

Range

Widely distributed across Europe (11 countries), North America (United States), Oceania and the Pacific (Australia), and South America (Argentina). Currently classified as Endangered on the IUCN Red List, this species faces significant conservation challenges across its range.

Dickschalige Tellmuschel

The Blunt tellin (Arcopagia crassa) is a species in the genus Arcopagia. It is currently classified as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List. Native to Europe, inhabiting ecosystems characteristic of the region.

Shared Countries

Both species can be found in 4 countries:

🇧🇪 Belgium 🇩🇰 Denmark 🇳🇴 Norway 🇸🇪 Sweden