brown point snail vs Eight-Angled Floatingheart

Acicula fusca compared with Nymphoides cordata

Key Differences

• brown point snail is Extinct while Eight-Angled Floatingheart is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	brown point snail	Eight-Angled Floatingheart
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Mollusca (Mollusks)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Gastropoda (Gastropoda)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Architaenioglossa (Architaenioglossa)	Asterales (Daisies & Sunflowers)
Family	Aciculidae	Menyanthaceae
Genus	Acicula	Nymphoides
Species	Acicula fusca	Nymphoides cordata

Conservation Status

brown point snail

EX — Extinct

Eight-Angled Floatingheart

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	brown point snail	Eight-Angled Floatingheart
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.

Eight-Angled Floatingheart

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Canada 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.