brown point snail vs Chinaroot

Acicula fusca compared with Dioscorea villosa

Key Differences

• brown point snail is Extinct while Chinaroot is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	brown point snail	Chinaroot
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Mollusca (Mollusks)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Gastropoda (Gastropoda)	Liliopsida (Monocots)
Order	Architaenioglossa (Architaenioglossa)	Dioscoreales (Dioscoreales)
Family	Aciculidae	Dioscoreaceae
Genus	Acicula	Dioscorea
Species	Acicula fusca	Dioscorea villosa

Conservation Status

brown point snail

EX — Extinct

Chinaroot

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	brown point snail	Chinaroot
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

brown point snail

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Belgium and Norway.

Chinaroot

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Canada and United States.

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.

Chinaroot

The Chinaroot (Dioscorea villosa) is a species in the genus Dioscorea. Typically found in grasslands, wetlands, forests, and cultivated landscapes.