Bellenden Ker Scaly Snail vs Tufted Button

Aetholitis gerdesae compared with Acleris cristana

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bellenden Ker Scaly Snail	Tufted Button
Kingdom same	Animalia (animal)	Animalia (animal)
Phylum	Mollusca (mollusques)	Arthropoda (arthropodes)
Class	Gastropoda (Gastropoda)	Insecta (insecte)
Order	Stylommatophora (Stylommatophora)	Lepidoptera (Butterflies & Moths)
Family	Camaenidae	Tortricidae
Genus	Aetholitis	Acleris
Species	Aetholitis gerdesae	Acleris cristana

Evolutionary Relationship

Bellenden Ker Scaly Snail and Tufted Button share a common ancestor at the Kingdom level: Animalia. (animal)

Conservation Status

Bellenden Ker Scaly Snail

LC — Least Concern

Tufted Button

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Bellenden Ker Scaly Snail	Tufted Button
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Bellenden Ker Scaly Snail

Habitat

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

Range

Found in Australia.

Tufted Button

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Range

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

Bellenden Ker Scaly Snail

The Bellenden Ker Scaly Snail (Aetholitis gerdesae) is a species in the genus Aetholitis. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in terrestrial and aquatic habitats including forests and freshwater.