brown point snail vs Dawson's cockle

Acicula fusca compared with Sabulina dawsonensis

Key Differences

• brown point snail is Extinct while Dawson's cockle is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	brown point snail	Dawson's cockle
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Mollusca (Mollusks)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Gastropoda (Gastropoda)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Architaenioglossa (Architaenioglossa)	Caryophyllales (Caryophyllales)
Family	Aciculidae	Caryophyllaceae
Genus	Acicula	Sabulina
Species	Acicula fusca	Sabulina dawsonensis

Conservation Status

brown point snail

EX — Extinct

Dawson's cockle

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	brown point snail	Dawson's cockle
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.

Dawson's cockle

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Canada and Norway.

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