Annual Cosmos vs brown point snail

Cosmos bipinnatus compared with Acicula fusca

Key Differences

  • Annual Cosmos is Not Evaluated while brown point snail is Extinct.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank Annual Cosmos brown point snail
Kingdom Plantae (Plants) Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants) Mollusca (Mollusks)
Class Magnoliopsida (Dicots) Gastropoda (Gastropoda)
Order Asterales (Daisies & Sunflowers) Architaenioglossa (Architaenioglossa)
Family Asteraceae (Daisy Family) Aciculidae
Genus Cosmos Acicula
Species Cosmos bipinnatus Acicula fusca

Conservation Status

Annual Cosmos

NE — Not Evaluated

brown point snail

EX — Extinct

Physical Characteristics

Attribute Annual Cosmos brown point snail
Diet
Average Lifespan
Average Length
Average Weight

Habitat & Geographic Range

Annual Cosmos

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including temperate coniferous forests, montane grasslands and shrublands, and deserts and xeric shrublands within the Palearctic biogeographic realm. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (8 countries), Asia (11 countries), Europe (25 countries), North America (Canada, Costa Rica, United States), Oceania and the Pacific (Australia), and South America (Brazil, Colombia).

brown point snail

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Belgium and Norway.

Annual Cosmos

The Annual Cosmos (Cosmos bipinnatus) is a species in the genus Cosmos. Found across multiple habitat types including temperate coniferous forests, montane grasslands and shrublands, and deserts and xeric shrublands within the Palearctic biogeographic realm. Populations are also found in montane and highland en.

brown point snail

The Brown Point Snail (Acicula fusca) is a species in the genus Acicula. It is currently classified as Extinct on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in terrestrial and aquatic habitats including forests and freshwater.

Shared Countries

Both species can be found in 2 countries:

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