brown point snail vs Elephant Apple

Acicula fusca compared with Dillenia indica

Key Differences

• brown point snail is Extinct while Elephant Apple is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	brown point snail	Elephant Apple
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Mollusca (Mollusks)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Gastropoda (Gastropoda)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Architaenioglossa (Architaenioglossa)	Dilleniales (Dilleniales)
Family	Aciculidae	Dilleniaceae
Genus	Acicula	Dillenia
Species	Acicula fusca	Dillenia indica

Conservation Status

brown point snail

EX — Extinct

Elephant Apple

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	brown point snail	Elephant Apple
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.

Elephant Apple

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Colombia, Congo (DRC), Sao Tome and Principe, Seychelles, and Taiwan.

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.