brown point snail vs Curled Thistle

Acicula fusca compared with Carduus crispus

Key Differences

• brown point snail is Extinct while Curled Thistle is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	brown point snail	Curled Thistle
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Mollusca (Mollusks)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Gastropoda (Gastropoda)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Architaenioglossa (Architaenioglossa)	Asterales (Daisies & Sunflowers)
Family	Aciculidae	Asteraceae (Daisy Family)
Genus	Acicula	Carduus
Species	Acicula fusca	Carduus crispus

Conservation Status

brown point snail

EX — Extinct

Curled Thistle

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	brown point snail	Curled Thistle
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.

Curled Thistle

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Asia (Japan, North Korea), Europe (7 countries), and North America (Canada, 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