brown point snail vs Dotted lancepod

Acicula fusca compared with Lonchocarpus punctatus

Key Differences

• brown point snail is Extinct while Dotted lancepod is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	brown point snail	Dotted lancepod
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Mollusca (Mollusks)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Gastropoda (Gastropoda)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Architaenioglossa (Architaenioglossa)	Fabales (Legumes & Allies)
Family	Aciculidae	Fabaceae
Genus	Acicula	Lonchocarpus
Species	Acicula fusca	Lonchocarpus punctatus

Conservation Status

brown point snail

EX — Extinct

Dotted lancepod

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	brown point snail	Dotted lancepod
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.

Dotted lancepod

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Colombia and United States.

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.