brown point snail vs Green Wintergreen

Acicula fusca compared with Pyrola chlorantha

Key Differences

• brown point snail is Extinct while Green Wintergreen is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	brown point snail	Green Wintergreen
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Mollusca (Mollusks)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Gastropoda (Gastropoda)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Architaenioglossa (Architaenioglossa)	Ericales (Ericales)
Family	Aciculidae	Ericaceae
Genus	Acicula	Pyrola
Species	Acicula fusca	Pyrola chlorantha

Conservation Status

brown point snail

EX — Extinct

Green Wintergreen

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	brown point snail	Green Wintergreen
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.

Green Wintergreen

Habitat

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

Range

Found across Europe (5 countries) and North America (Canada, 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.

Shared Countries

Both species can be found in 1 countries:

🇳🇴 Norway