brown point snail vs Cuckoo-Bread

Acicula fusca compared with Oxalis acetosella

Key Differences

• brown point snail is Extinct while Cuckoo-Bread is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	brown point snail	Cuckoo-Bread
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Mollusca (Mollusks)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Gastropoda (Gastropoda)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Architaenioglossa (Architaenioglossa)	Oxalidales (Oxalidales)
Family	Aciculidae	Oxalidaceae
Genus	Acicula	Oxalis
Species	Acicula fusca	Oxalis acetosella

Conservation Status

brown point snail

EX — Extinct

Cuckoo-Bread

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	brown point snail	Cuckoo-Bread
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.

Cuckoo-Bread

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.

Range

Found across Europe (6 countries) and North America (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.

Shared Countries

Both species can be found in 2 countries:

🇧🇪 Belgium 🇳🇴 Norway