Gemeine Akelei vs Rote Abalone

Aquilegia vulgaris compared with Haliotis rufescens

Key Differences

Gemeine Akelei is Least Concern while Rote Abalone is Critically Endangered.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Gemeine Akelei	Rote Abalone
Kingdom	Plantae (Pflanzen)	Animalia (Tier)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Mollusca (Weichtiere)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Gastropoda (Schnecken)
Order	Ranunculales (Hahnenfußartige)	Lepetellida (Lepetellida)
Family	Ranunculaceae	Haliotidae
Genus	Aquilegia	Haliotis
Species	Aquilegia vulgaris	Haliotis rufescens

Conservation Status

Gemeine Akelei

LC — Least Concern

Rote Abalone

CR — Critically Endangered

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Gemeine Akelei	Rote Abalone
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Gemeine Akelei

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.

Range

Widely distributed across Asia (India, Japan), Europe (15 countries), North America (Canada, United States), Oceania and the Pacific (Australia), and South America (Argentina, Chile, Ecuador).

Rote Abalone

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, temperate coniferous forests, and tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests, among 9 distinct biome types spanning the Indomalayan and Neotropic and Palearctic realms. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Distributed across Chile, China, Norway, Peru, and Taiwan. Currently classified as Critically Endangered on the IUCN Red List, this species faces significant conservation challenges across its range.

Gemeine Akelei

The Capon's-feather (Aquilegia vulgaris) is a species in the genus Aquilegia. It is currently classified as Least Concern (LC) on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.