brown point snail vs Key lime

Acicula fusca compared with Citrus aurantiifolia

Key Differences

  • brown point snail is Extinct while Key lime is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank brown point snail Key lime
Kingdom Animalia (Animals) Plantae (Plants)
Phylum Mollusca (Mollusks) Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class Gastropoda (Gastropoda) Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order Architaenioglossa (Architaenioglossa) Sapindales (Sapindales)
Family Aciculidae Rutaceae
Genus Acicula Citrus
Species Acicula fusca Citrus aurantiifolia

Conservation Status

brown point snail

EX — Extinct

Key lime

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute brown point snail Key lime
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.

Key lime

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (9 countries), Asia (4 countries), Europe (United Kingdom), North America (Costa Rica, Cuba, United States), Oceania and the Pacific (5 countries), and South America (Brazil, Colombia, Peru).

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.

Key lime

No description available.

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