brown point snail vs Grass-Leaf Mud-Plantain

Acicula fusca compared with Heteranthera dubia

Key Differences

• brown point snail is Extinct while Grass-Leaf Mud-Plantain is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	brown point snail	Grass-Leaf Mud-Plantain
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Mollusca (Mollusks)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Gastropoda (Gastropoda)	Liliopsida (Monocots)
Order	Architaenioglossa (Architaenioglossa)	Commelinales (Commelinales)
Family	Aciculidae	Pontederiaceae
Genus	Acicula	Heteranthera
Species	Acicula fusca	Heteranthera dubia

Conservation Status

brown point snail

EX — Extinct

Grass-Leaf Mud-Plantain

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	brown point snail	Grass-Leaf Mud-Plantain
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.

Grass-Leaf Mud-Plantain

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Canada 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.