brown point snail vs Cretan Bluet

Acicula fusca compared with Coenagrion intermedium

Key Differences

• brown point snail is Extinct while Cretan Bluet is Endangered.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	brown point snail	Cretan Bluet
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Mollusca (Mollusks)	Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class	Gastropoda (Gastropoda)	Insecta (Insects)
Order	Architaenioglossa (Architaenioglossa)	Odonata (Odonata)
Family	Aciculidae	Coenagrionidae
Genus	Acicula	Coenagrion
Species	Acicula fusca	Coenagrion intermedium

Evolutionary Relationship

brown point snail and Cretan Bluet share a common ancestor at the Kingdom level: Animalia. (Animals)

Conservation Status

brown point snail

EX — Extinct

Cretan Bluet

EN — Endangered

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	brown point snail	Cretan Bluet
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.

Cretan Bluet

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

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.