brown point snail vs Date palm

Acicula fusca compared with Phoenix dactylifera

Key Differences

• brown point snail is Extinct while Date palm is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	brown point snail	Date palm
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Mollusca (Mollusks)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Gastropoda (Gastropoda)	Liliopsida (Monocots)
Order	Architaenioglossa (Architaenioglossa)	Arecales (Arecales)
Family	Aciculidae	Arecaceae
Genus	Acicula	Phoenix
Species	Acicula fusca	Phoenix dactylifera

Conservation Status

brown point snail

EX — Extinct

Date palm

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	brown point snail	Date palm
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.

Date palm

Habitat

Typically found in grasslands, wetlands, forests, and cultivated landscapes.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (7 countries), Asia (5 countries), Europe (13 countries), North America (United States), Oceania and the Pacific (6 countries), and South America (Brazil, Colombia, Peru).

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