brown point snail vs Hooked Veilwort

Acicula fusca compared with Metzgeria leptoneura

Key Differences

• brown point snail is Extinct while Hooked Veilwort is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	brown point snail	Hooked Veilwort
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Mollusca (Mollusks)	Marchantiophyta (liverwort)
Class	Gastropoda (Gastropoda)	Jungermanniopsida (Jungermanniopsida)
Order	Architaenioglossa (Architaenioglossa)	Metzgeriales (Metzgeriales)
Family	Aciculidae	Metzgeriaceae
Genus	Acicula	Metzgeria
Species	Acicula fusca	Metzgeria leptoneura

Conservation Status

brown point snail

EX — Extinct

Hooked Veilwort

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	brown point snail	Hooked Veilwort
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 Veilwort

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Asia (Taiwan), Europe (Norway, Portugal, Sweden), and South America (Brazil, Colombia).

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