brown point snail vs Heath Threadwort

Acicula fusca compared with Cephaloziella stellulifera

Key Differences

• brown point snail is Extinct while Heath Threadwort is Data Deficient.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	brown point snail	Heath Threadwort
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Mollusca (Mollusks)	Marchantiophyta (liverwort)
Class	Gastropoda (Gastropoda)	Jungermanniopsida (Jungermanniopsida)
Order	Architaenioglossa (Architaenioglossa)	Jungermanniales (Jungermanniales)
Family	Aciculidae	Cephaloziellaceae
Genus	Acicula	Cephaloziella
Species	Acicula fusca	Cephaloziella stellulifera

Conservation Status

brown point snail

EX — Extinct

Heath Threadwort

DD — Data Deficient

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	brown point snail	Heath Threadwort
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.

Heath Threadwort

Habitat

Native to Europe and North America, inhabiting ecosystems characteristic of the region.

Range

Distributed across Sweden 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.