brown point snail vs Dilated Scalewort

Acicula fusca compared with Frullania dilatata

Key Differences

• brown point snail is Extinct while Dilated Scalewort is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	brown point snail	Dilated Scalewort
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Mollusca (Mollusks)	Marchantiophyta (liverwort)
Class	Gastropoda (Gastropoda)	Jungermanniopsida (Jungermanniopsida)
Order	Architaenioglossa (Architaenioglossa)	Porellales (Porellales)
Family	Aciculidae	Frullaniaceae
Genus	Acicula	Frullania
Species	Acicula fusca	Frullania dilatata

Conservation Status

brown point snail

EX — Extinct

Dilated Scalewort

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	brown point snail	Dilated Scalewort
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.

Dilated Scalewort

Habitat

Native to Asia and Europe, inhabiting ecosystems characteristic of the region.

Range

Found across Asia (Taiwan) and Europe (6 countries).

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