brown point snail vs Floating Fern

Acicula fusca compared with Salvinia natans

Key Differences

• brown point snail is Extinct while Floating Fern is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	brown point snail	Floating Fern
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Mollusca (Mollusks)	Tracheophyta
Class	Gastropoda (Gastropoda)	Polypodiopsida (Polypodiopsida)
Order	Architaenioglossa (Architaenioglossa)	Salviniales (Salviniales)
Family	Aciculidae	Salviniaceae
Genus	Acicula	Salvinia
Species	Acicula fusca	Salvinia natans

Conservation Status

brown point snail

EX — Extinct

Floating Fern

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	brown point snail	Floating Fern
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.

Floating Fern

Habitat

Typically found in moist, shaded forest floors and tropical canopies.

Range

Widely distributed across Asia (4 countries), Europe (9 countries), North America (Honduras), and Oceania and the Pacific (Australia).

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