brown point snail vs Cupped Ear

Acicula fusca compared with Otidea cantharella

Key Differences

• brown point snail is Extinct while Cupped Ear is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	brown point snail	Cupped Ear
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Fungi (Fungi)
Phylum	Mollusca (Mollusks)	Ascomycota (Sac Fungi)
Class	Gastropoda (Gastropoda)	Pezizomycetes (Pezizomycetes)
Order	Architaenioglossa (Architaenioglossa)	Pezizales (Pezizales)
Family	Aciculidae	Otideaceae
Genus	Acicula	Otidea
Species	Acicula fusca	Otidea cantharella

Conservation Status

brown point snail

EX — Extinct

Cupped Ear

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	brown point snail	Cupped Ear
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.

Cupped Ear

Habitat

Native to Europe, inhabiting ecosystems characteristic of the region.

Range

Distributed across Denmark, Norway, and Sweden.

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 1 countries:

🇳🇴 Norway