brown point snail vs Cortez round stingray

Acicula fusca compared with Urobatis maculatus

Key Differences

• brown point snail is Extinct while Cortez round stingray is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	brown point snail	Cortez round stingray
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Mollusca (Mollusks)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Gastropoda (Gastropoda)	Elasmobranchii
Order	Architaenioglossa (Architaenioglossa)	Myliobatiformes (Myliobatiformes)
Family	Aciculidae	Urotrygonidae
Genus	Acicula	Urobatis
Species	Acicula fusca	Urobatis maculatus

Evolutionary Relationship

brown point snail and Cortez round stingray share a common ancestor at the Kingdom level: Animalia. (Animals)

Conservation Status

brown point snail

EX — Extinct

Cortez round stingray

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	brown point snail	Cortez round stingray
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.

Cortez round stingray

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.