brown point snail vs Great Crestwort

Acicula fusca compared with Lophocolea bispinosa

Key Differences

• brown point snail is Extinct while Great Crestwort is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	brown point snail	Great Crestwort
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Mollusca (Mollusks)	Marchantiophyta (liverwort)
Class	Gastropoda (Gastropoda)	Jungermanniopsida (Jungermanniopsida)
Order	Architaenioglossa (Architaenioglossa)	Jungermanniales (Jungermanniales)
Family	Aciculidae	Lophocoleaceae
Genus	Acicula	Lophocolea
Species	Acicula fusca	Lophocolea bispinosa

Conservation Status

brown point snail

EX — Extinct

Great Crestwort

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	brown point snail	Great Crestwort
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.

Great Crestwort

Habitat

Native to Europe, inhabiting ecosystems characteristic of the region.

Range

Found across Europe (6 countries).

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