brown point snail vs Lagos-rubber

Acicula fusca compared with Funtumia africana

Key Differences

• brown point snail is Extinct while Lagos-rubber is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	brown point snail	Lagos-rubber
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Mollusca (Mollusks)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Gastropoda (Gastropoda)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Architaenioglossa (Architaenioglossa)	Gentianales (Gentianales)
Family	Aciculidae	Apocynaceae
Genus	Acicula	Funtumia
Species	Acicula fusca	Funtumia africana

Conservation Status

brown point snail

EX — Extinct

Lagos-rubber

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	brown point snail	Lagos-rubber
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.

Lagos-rubber

Habitat

Inhabits tropical and subtropical grasslands and savannas within the Afrotropic biogeographic realm.

Range

Distributed across Angola, Guinea, and India.

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.