brown point snail vs Hepatica

Acicula fusca compared with Hepatica nobilis

Key Differences

• brown point snail is Extinct while Hepatica is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	brown point snail	Hepatica
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Mollusca (Mollusks)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Gastropoda (Gastropoda)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Architaenioglossa (Architaenioglossa)	Ranunculales (Ranunculales)
Family	Aciculidae	Ranunculaceae
Genus	Acicula	Hepatica
Species	Acicula fusca	Hepatica nobilis

Conservation Status

brown point snail

EX — Extinct

Hepatica

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	brown point snail	Hepatica
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.

Hepatica

Habitat

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

Range

Found across Europe (8 countries) and North America (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 2 countries:

🇧🇪 Belgium 🇳🇴 Norway