brown point snail vs Creta Date Palm

Acicula fusca compared with Phoenix theophrasti

Key Differences

• brown point snail is Extinct while Creta Date Palm is Near Threatened.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	brown point snail	Creta Date Palm
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Mollusca (Mollusks)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Gastropoda (Gastropoda)	Liliopsida (Monocots)
Order	Architaenioglossa (Architaenioglossa)	Arecales (Arecales)
Family	Aciculidae	Arecaceae
Genus	Acicula	Phoenix
Species	Acicula fusca	Phoenix theophrasti

Conservation Status

brown point snail

EX — Extinct

Creta Date Palm

NT — Near Threatened

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	brown point snail	Creta Date Palm
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.

Creta Date Palm

Habitat

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.