brown point snail vs Indian toothcup

Acicula fusca compared with Rotala indica

Key Differences

• brown point snail is Extinct while Indian toothcup is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	brown point snail	Indian toothcup
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Mollusca (Mollusks)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Gastropoda (Gastropoda)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Architaenioglossa (Architaenioglossa)	Myrtales (Myrtales)
Family	Aciculidae	Lythraceae
Genus	Acicula	Rotala
Species	Acicula fusca	Rotala indica

Conservation Status

brown point snail

EX — Extinct

Indian toothcup

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	brown point snail	Indian toothcup
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.

Indian toothcup

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Asia (India, Uzbekistan), Europe (Italy, Portugal, Spain), North America (United States), and Oceania and the Pacific (Australia).

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.