Baytop's Onion vs brown point snail

Allium baytopiorum compared with Acicula fusca

Key Differences

• Baytop's Onion is Critically Endangered while brown point snail is Extinct.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Baytop's Onion	brown point snail
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Mollusca (Mollusks)
Class	Liliopsida (Monocots)	Gastropoda (Gastropoda)
Order	Asparagales (Asparagales)	Architaenioglossa (Architaenioglossa)
Family	Amaryllidaceae	Aciculidae
Genus	Allium	Acicula
Species	Allium baytopiorum	Acicula fusca

Conservation Status

Baytop's Onion

CR — Critically Endangered

brown point snail

EX — Extinct

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Baytop's Onion	brown point snail
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Baytop's Onion

Habitat

Typically found in grasslands, wetlands, forests, and cultivated landscapes.

brown point snail

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Belgium and Norway.

Baytop's Onion

The Baytop's Onion (Allium baytopiorum) is a species in the genus Allium. It is currently classified as Critically Endangered on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in grasslands, wetlands, forests, and cultivated landscapes.

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.