brown point snail vs Great Dusky Swift

Acicula fusca compared with Cypseloides senex

Key Differences

• brown point snail is Extinct while Great Dusky Swift is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	brown point snail	Great Dusky Swift
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Mollusca (Mollusks)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Gastropoda (Gastropoda)	Aves (Birds)
Order	Architaenioglossa (Architaenioglossa)	Apodiformes (Apodiformes)
Family	Aciculidae	Apodidae
Genus	Acicula	Cypseloides
Species	Acicula fusca	Cypseloides senex

Evolutionary Relationship

brown point snail and Great Dusky Swift share a common ancestor at the Kingdom level: Animalia. (Animals)

Conservation Status

brown point snail

EX — Extinct

Great Dusky Swift

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	brown point snail	Great Dusky Swift
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 Dusky Swift

Habitat

Typically found in various aerial, terrestrial, and aquatic environments.

Range

Found in Norway.

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 1 countries:

🇳🇴 Norway