brown point snail vs Jointed Charlock

Acicula fusca compared with Raphanus raphanistrum

Key Differences

• brown point snail is Extinct while Jointed Charlock is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	brown point snail	Jointed Charlock
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Mollusca (Mollusks)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Gastropoda (Gastropoda)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Architaenioglossa (Architaenioglossa)	Brassicales (Brassicales)
Family	Aciculidae	Brassicaceae
Genus	Acicula	Raphanus
Species	Acicula fusca	Raphanus raphanistrum

Conservation Status

brown point snail

EX — Extinct

Jointed Charlock

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	brown point snail	Jointed Charlock
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.

Jointed Charlock

Habitat

Inhabits flooded grasslands and savannas spanning the Afrotropic and Palearctic realms.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (7 countries), Asia (7 countries), Europe (17 countries), North America (4 countries), Oceania and the Pacific (Australia), and South America (7 countries).

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 2 countries:

🇧🇪 Belgium 🇳🇴 Norway