brown point snail vs false pepperwort

Acicula fusca compared with Marsilea crenata

Key Differences

• brown point snail is Extinct while false pepperwort is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	brown point snail	false pepperwort
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Mollusca (Mollusks)	Tracheophyta
Class	Gastropoda (Gastropoda)	Polypodiopsida (Polypodiopsida)
Order	Architaenioglossa (Architaenioglossa)	Salviniales (Salviniales)
Family	Aciculidae	Marsileaceae
Genus	Acicula	Marsilea
Species	Acicula fusca	Marsilea crenata

Conservation Status

brown point snail

EX — Extinct

false pepperwort

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	brown point snail	false pepperwort
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 pepperwort

Habitat

Inhabits tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests and tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests spanning the Australasia and Indomalayan realms. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Found in Indonesia.

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.