Bellenden Ker Scaly Snail vs Linear Leaf Water Primrose

Aetholitis gerdesae compared with Ludwigia hyssopifolia

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bellenden Ker Scaly Snail	Linear Leaf Water Primrose
Kingdom	Animalia (동물)	Plantae (식물)
Phylum	Mollusca (연체동물)	Magnoliophyta (피자식물문)
Class	Gastropoda (복족강)	Magnoliopsida (목련강)
Order	Stylommatophora (병안목)	Myrtales (도금양목)
Family	Camaenidae	Onagraceae
Genus	Aetholitis	Ludwigia
Species	Aetholitis gerdesae	Ludwigia hyssopifolia

Conservation Status

Bellenden Ker Scaly Snail

LC — Least Concern

Linear Leaf Water Primrose

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Bellenden Ker Scaly Snail	Linear Leaf Water Primrose
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.

Linear Leaf Water Primrose

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests, and deserts and xeric shrublands spanning the Australasia and Indomalayan realms. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Congo (DRC), Guinea, Seychelles), Asia (4 countries), North America (Guatemala, Honduras), Oceania and the Pacific (7 countries), and South America (Brazil, Colombia).

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.