brown point snail vs dooryard sowbug

Acicula fusca compared with Porcellio laevis

Key Differences

• brown point snail is Extinct while dooryard sowbug is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	brown point snail	dooryard sowbug
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Mollusca (Mollusks)	Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class	Gastropoda (Gastropoda)	Malacostraca (Crustaceans)
Order	Architaenioglossa (Architaenioglossa)	Isopoda (Isopoda)
Family	Aciculidae	Porcellionidae
Genus	Acicula	Porcellio
Species	Acicula fusca	Porcellio laevis

Evolutionary Relationship

brown point snail and dooryard sowbug share a common ancestor at the Kingdom level: Animalia. (Animals)

Conservation Status

brown point snail

EX — Extinct

dooryard sowbug

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	brown point snail	dooryard sowbug
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.

dooryard sowbug

Habitat

Typically found in marine, freshwater, and terrestrial environments.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (South Africa), Asia (Japan), Europe (12 countries), North America (United States), and South America (Brazil).

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