brown point snail vs hooked-pepperwort

Acicula fusca compared with Marsilea vestita

Key Differences

• brown point snail is Extinct while hooked-pepperwort is Near Threatened.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	brown point snail	hooked-pepperwort
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Mollusca (Mollusks)	Tracheophyta
Class	Gastropoda (Gastropoda)	Polypodiopsida (Polypodiopsida)
Order	Architaenioglossa (Architaenioglossa)	Salviniales (Salviniales)
Family	Aciculidae	Marsileaceae
Genus	Acicula	Marsilea
Species	Acicula fusca	Marsilea vestita

Conservation Status

brown point snail

EX — Extinct

hooked-pepperwort

NT — Near Threatened

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	brown point snail	hooked-pepperwort
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.

hooked-pepperwort

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests, and tropical and subtropical coniferous forests, among 5 distinct biome types within the Neotropic biogeographic realm.

Range

Distributed across Canada and Cuba. Listed as Near Threatened, this species requires ongoing monitoring to prevent population decline.

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.