brown point snail vs Irish Threadwort

Acicula fusca compared with Telaranea europaea

Key Differences

• brown point snail is Extinct while Irish Threadwort is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	brown point snail	Irish Threadwort
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Mollusca (Mollusks)	Marchantiophyta (liverwort)
Class	Gastropoda (Gastropoda)	Jungermanniopsida (Jungermanniopsida)
Order	Architaenioglossa (Architaenioglossa)	Jungermanniales (Jungermanniales)
Family	Aciculidae	Lepidoziaceae
Genus	Acicula	Telaranea
Species	Acicula fusca	Telaranea europaea

Conservation Status

brown point snail

EX — Extinct

Irish Threadwort

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	brown point snail	Irish 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.

Irish Threadwort

Habitat

Native to Europe, inhabiting ecosystems characteristic of the region.

Range

Found in Portugal.

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.