brown point snail vs Italian Crocus

Acicula fusca compared with Crocus longiflorus

Key Differences

brown point snail is Extinct while Italian Crocus is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	brown point snail	Italian Crocus
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Mollusca (Mollusks)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Gastropoda (Gastropoda)	Liliopsida (Monocots)
Order	Architaenioglossa (Architaenioglossa)	Asparagales (Asparagales)
Family	Aciculidae	Iridaceae
Genus	Acicula	Crocus
Species	Acicula fusca	Crocus longiflorus

Conservation Status

brown point snail

EX — Extinct

Italian Crocus

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	brown point snail	Italian Crocus
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.

Italian Crocus

Habitat

Typically found in grasslands, wetlands, forests, and cultivated landscapes.

Range

Distributed across Belgium, France, Netherlands, and United Kingdom.

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.