brown point snail vs Gillet's cherry-orange

Acicula fusca compared with Citropsis gilletiana

Key Differences

• brown point snail is Extinct while Gillet's cherry-orange is Endangered.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	brown point snail	Gillet's cherry-orange
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Mollusca (Mollusks)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Gastropoda (Gastropoda)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Architaenioglossa (Architaenioglossa)	Sapindales (Sapindales)
Family	Aciculidae	Rutaceae
Genus	Acicula	Citropsis
Species	Acicula fusca	Citropsis gilletiana

Conservation Status

brown point snail

EX — Extinct

Gillet's cherry-orange

EN — Endangered

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	brown point snail	Gillet's cherry-orange
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.

Gillet's cherry-orange

Habitat

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

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.