brown point snail vs Flat Wrack

Acicula fusca compared with Fucus spiralis

Key Differences

• brown point snail is Extinct while Flat Wrack is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	brown point snail	Flat Wrack
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Chromista (Chromista)
Phylum	Mollusca (Mollusks)	Ochrophyta (Ochrophyta)
Class	Gastropoda (Gastropoda)	Phaeophyceae (Phaeophyceae)
Order	Architaenioglossa (Architaenioglossa)	Fucales (Fucales)
Family	Aciculidae	Fucaceae
Genus	Acicula	Fucus
Species	Acicula fusca	Fucus spiralis

Conservation Status

brown point snail

EX — Extinct

Flat Wrack

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	brown point snail	Flat Wrack
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.

Flat Wrack

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including temperate coniferous forests, montane grasslands and shrublands, and Mediterranean forests and woodlands within the Palearctic biogeographic realm.

Range

Found across Africa (Morocco) and Europe (9 countries).

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