brown point snail vs Italian stone pine

Acicula fusca compared with Pinus pinea

Key Differences

• brown point snail is Extinct while Italian stone pine is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	brown point snail	Italian stone pine
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Mollusca (Mollusks)	Coniferophyta (Conifers)
Class	Gastropoda (Gastropoda)	Pinopsida (Conifers)
Order	Architaenioglossa (Architaenioglossa)	Pinales (Pines & Allies)
Family	Aciculidae	Pinaceae (Pine Family)
Genus	Acicula	Pinus (Pines)
Species	Acicula fusca	Pinus pinea

Conservation Status

brown point snail

EX — Extinct

Italian stone pine

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	brown point snail	Italian stone pine
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 stone pine

Habitat

Typically found in temperate and boreal forests, often at higher elevations.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Libya, South Africa, Tunisia), Asia (Armenia, Cyprus, Taiwan), Europe (7 countries), North America (United States), Oceania and the Pacific (Australia), and South America (Argentina, Brazil, Uruguay).

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