brown point snail vs Four-Lined Silverfish

Acicula fusca compared with Ctenolepisma lineata

Key Differences

• brown point snail is Extinct while Four-Lined Silverfish is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	brown point snail	Four-Lined Silverfish
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Mollusca (Mollusks)	Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class	Gastropoda (Gastropoda)	Insecta (Insects)
Order	Architaenioglossa (Architaenioglossa)	Zygentoma (Zygentoma)
Family	Aciculidae	Lepismatidae
Genus	Acicula	Ctenolepisma
Species	Acicula fusca	Ctenolepisma lineata

Evolutionary Relationship

brown point snail and Four-Lined Silverfish share a common ancestor at the Kingdom level: Animalia. (Animals)

Conservation Status

brown point snail

EX — Extinct

Four-Lined Silverfish

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	brown point snail	Four-Lined Silverfish
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.

Four-Lined Silverfish

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Range

Distributed across Belgium, Norway, Portugal, Sweden, and 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 2 countries:

🇧🇪 Belgium 🇳🇴 Norway