brown point snail vs False Oat-Grass Smut

Acicula fusca compared with Urocystis avenae-elatioris

Key Differences

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

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	brown point snail	False Oat-Grass Smut
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Fungi (Fungi)
Phylum	Mollusca (Mollusks)	Basidiomycota (Club Fungi)
Class	Gastropoda (Gastropoda)	Ustilaginomycetes (Ustilaginomycetes)
Order	Architaenioglossa (Architaenioglossa)	Urocystidales (Urocystidales)
Family	Aciculidae	Urocystidaceae
Genus	Acicula	Urocystis
Species	Acicula fusca	Urocystis avenae-elatioris

Conservation Status

brown point snail

EX — Extinct

False Oat-Grass Smut

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	brown point snail	False Oat-Grass Smut
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 Oat-Grass Smut

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.