clear glass snail vs gray wolf

Aegopinella pura compared with Canis lupus

Key Differences

clear glass snail is Vulnerable while gray wolf is Critically Endangered.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	clear glass snail	gray wolf
Kingdom same	Animalia (動物)	Animalia (動物)
Phylum	Mollusca (軟体動物)	Chordata (脊索動物)
Class	Gastropoda (腹足綱)	Mammalia (哺乳類)
Order	Stylommatophora (Stylommatophora)	Carnivora (ネコ目)
Family	Gastrodontidae	Canidae (Dogs & Wolves)
Genus	Aegopinella	Canis (Dogs & Wolves)
Species	Aegopinella pura	Canis lupus

Evolutionary Relationship

clear glass snail and gray wolf share a common ancestor at the Kingdom level: Animalia. (動物)

表示 Kingdom: Animalia

Conservation Status

clear glass snail

VU — Vulnerable

gray wolf

CR — Critically Endangered

Population: ~300.0K

Trend: Stable →

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	clear glass snail	gray wolf
Diet	—	Carnivore
Average Lifespan	—	13 years
Average Length	—	1.6 m
Average Weight	—	45.0 kg

Habitat & Geographic Range

clear glass snail

Habitat

Inhabits temperate broadleaf and mixed forests and Mediterranean forests and woodlands within the Palearctic biogeographic realm. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Found across Europe (6 countries) and North America (United States). Currently classified as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List, this species faces significant conservation challenges across its range.

gray wolf

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, deserts and xeric shrublands, and tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests, among 13 distinct biome types. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Seychelles), Asia (Japan), Europe (5 countries), North America (7 countries), Oceania and the Pacific (Marshall Islands, Vanuatu), and South America (5 countries). Currently classified as Critically Endangered on the IUCN Red List, this species faces significant conservation challenges across its range.

clear glass snail

The Clear Glass Snail is a common name applied to small, translucent land snails, typically in the family Vitrinidae or Zonitidae, characterized by their thin, glassy shells through which the soft body of the animal is often visible. These snails inhabit moist, shaded environments including deciduous woodland, grassland with thick vegetation, and hedgerows across Europe and North America. The thin, transparent shell is often not large enough to completely retract into, leaving the mantle partially exposed, an adaptation that reduces shell weight while maximizing the internal surface area available for gas exchange. Clear glass snails are detritivores and microphages, consuming fungi, algae, decaying plant matter, and occasionally living plant tissue. They are sensitive to desiccation and are most active during wet, cool conditions, retreating under bark, stones, or into leaf litter during dry weather. Several European glass snail species are considered indicators of old, undisturbed woodland habitats with stable microclimatic conditions. Some species in the family Zonitidae have declined due to loss of old woodland, intensive agriculture, and fragmentation of semi-natural habitats. Exact conservation status depends on the specific species intended by the common name.

gray wolf

最も広い分布域を持つ野生のイヌ科動物であるハイイロオオカミは、北アメリカからユーラシアにかけてのツンドラ、森林、草原などの多様な生息地に分布します。優位な繁殖ペアに率いられた家族単位の群れで生活する高度に社会的な動物です。キーストーン捕食者として獲物個体群を調整し、生態系の構造を根本的に形成することは、イエローストーンでの再導入により実証されています。かつて激しく迫害されましたが、多くの地域で個体群は回復しつつあります。