brown point snail vs Giant Palm

Acicula fusca compared with Raphia australis

Key Differences

• brown point snail is Extinct while Giant Palm is Vulnerable.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	brown point snail	Giant Palm
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Mollusca (Mollusks)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Gastropoda (Gastropoda)	Liliopsida (Monocots)
Order	Architaenioglossa (Architaenioglossa)	Arecales (Arecales)
Family	Aciculidae	Arecaceae
Genus	Acicula	Raphia
Species	Acicula fusca	Raphia australis

Conservation Status

brown point snail

EX — Extinct

Giant Palm

VU — Vulnerable

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	brown point snail	Giant Palm
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.

Giant Palm

Habitat

Typically found in grasslands, wetlands, forests, and cultivated landscapes.

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.