brown point snail vs False Grass-poly

Acicula fusca compared with Lythrum junceum

Key Differences

• brown point snail is Extinct while False Grass-poly is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	brown point snail	False Grass-poly
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Mollusca (Mollusks)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Gastropoda (Gastropoda)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Architaenioglossa (Architaenioglossa)	Myrtales (Myrtales)
Family	Aciculidae	Lythraceae
Genus	Acicula	Lythrum
Species	Acicula fusca	Lythrum junceum

Conservation Status

brown point snail

EX — Extinct

False Grass-poly

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	brown point snail	False Grass-poly
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.

False Grass-poly

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Europe (11 countries), Oceania and the Pacific (Australia), 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