brown point snail vs Desert Thorn

Acicula fusca compared with Lycium minimum

Key Differences

• brown point snail is Extinct while Desert Thorn is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	brown point snail	Desert Thorn
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Mollusca (Mollusks)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Gastropoda (Gastropoda)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Architaenioglossa (Architaenioglossa)	Solanales (Solanales)
Family	Aciculidae	Solanaceae
Genus	Acicula	Lycium
Species	Acicula fusca	Lycium minimum

Conservation Status

brown point snail

EX — Extinct

Desert Thorn

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	brown point snail	Desert Thorn
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.

Desert Thorn

Habitat

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

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.