brown point snail vs Forked chickweed

Acicula fusca compared with Cerastium dichotomum

Key Differences

• brown point snail is Extinct while Forked chickweed is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	brown point snail	Forked chickweed
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Mollusca (Mollusks)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Gastropoda (Gastropoda)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Architaenioglossa (Architaenioglossa)	Caryophyllales (Caryophyllales)
Family	Aciculidae	Caryophyllaceae
Genus	Acicula	Cerastium
Species	Acicula fusca	Cerastium dichotomum

Conservation Status

brown point snail

EX — Extinct

Forked chickweed

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	brown point snail	Forked chickweed
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.

Forked chickweed

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.

Range

Found across Europe (6 countries) and North America (United States).

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 1 countries:

🇧🇪 Belgium