brown point snail vs Dark Pincertail

Acicula fusca compared with Onychogomphus assimilis

Key Differences

• brown point snail is Extinct while Dark Pincertail is Vulnerable.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	brown point snail	Dark Pincertail
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Mollusca (Mollusks)	Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class	Gastropoda (Gastropoda)	Insecta (Insects)
Order	Architaenioglossa (Architaenioglossa)	Odonata (Odonata)
Family	Aciculidae	Gomphidae
Genus	Acicula	Onychogomphus
Species	Acicula fusca	Onychogomphus assimilis

Evolutionary Relationship

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

Conservation Status

brown point snail

EX — Extinct

Dark Pincertail

VU — Vulnerable

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	brown point snail	Dark Pincertail
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.

Dark Pincertail

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.