Barn Fern vs brown point snail

Asplenium haughtonii compared with Acicula fusca

Key Differences

• Barn Fern is Critically Endangered while brown point snail is Extinct.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Barn Fern	brown point snail
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Tracheophyta	Mollusca (Mollusks)
Class	Polypodiopsida (Polypodiopsida)	Gastropoda (Gastropoda)
Order	Polypodiales (Polypodiales)	Architaenioglossa (Architaenioglossa)
Family	Aspleniaceae	Aciculidae
Genus	Asplenium	Acicula
Species	Asplenium haughtonii	Acicula fusca

Conservation Status

Barn Fern

CR — Critically Endangered

brown point snail

EX — Extinct

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Barn Fern	brown point snail
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Barn Fern

Habitat

Typically found in moist, shaded forest floors and tropical canopies.

brown point snail

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Belgium and Norway.

Barn Fern

The Barn Fern (Asplenium haughtonii) is a species in the genus Asplenium. It is currently classified as Critically Endangered on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in moist, shaded forest floors and tropical canopies.

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.