brown point snail vs Dog's-tooth-violet

Acicula fusca compared with Erythronium dens-canis

Key Differences

• brown point snail is Extinct while Dog's-tooth-violet is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	brown point snail	Dog's-tooth-violet
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Mollusca (Mollusks)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Gastropoda (Gastropoda)	Liliopsida (Monocots)
Order	Architaenioglossa (Architaenioglossa)	Liliales (Liliales)
Family	Aciculidae	Liliaceae
Genus	Acicula	Erythronium
Species	Acicula fusca	Erythronium dens-canis

Conservation Status

brown point snail

EX — Extinct

Dog's-tooth-violet

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	brown point snail	Dog's-tooth-violet
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.

Dog's-tooth-violet

Habitat

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

Range

Found across Europe (10 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