brown point snail vs Few-flowered Fumitory

Acicula fusca compared with Fumaria vaillantii

Key Differences

• brown point snail is Extinct while Few-flowered Fumitory is Critically Endangered.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	brown point snail	Few-flowered Fumitory
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Mollusca (Mollusks)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Gastropoda (Gastropoda)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Architaenioglossa (Architaenioglossa)	Ranunculales (Ranunculales)
Family	Aciculidae	Papaveraceae
Genus	Acicula	Fumaria
Species	Acicula fusca	Fumaria vaillantii

Conservation Status

brown point snail

EX — Extinct

Few-flowered Fumitory

CR — Critically Endangered

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	brown point snail	Few-flowered Fumitory
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.

Few-flowered Fumitory

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including temperate broadleaf and mixed forests, temperate coniferous forests, and temperate grasslands and steppes, among 4 distinct biome types within the Palearctic biogeographic realm. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Widely distributed across Europe (15 countries), North America (United States), and Oceania and the Pacific (Australia). Currently classified as Critically Endangered on the IUCN Red List, this species faces significant conservation challenges across its range.

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