brown point snail vs Leafless Ballart

Acicula fusca compared with Exocarpos aphyllus

Key Differences

• brown point snail is Extinct while Leafless Ballart is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	brown point snail	Leafless Ballart
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Mollusca (Mollusks)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Gastropoda (Gastropoda)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Architaenioglossa (Architaenioglossa)	Santalales (Santalales)
Family	Aciculidae	Santalaceae
Genus	Acicula	Exocarpos
Species	Acicula fusca	Exocarpos aphyllus

Conservation Status

brown point snail

EX — Extinct

Leafless Ballart

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	brown point snail	Leafless Ballart
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.

Leafless Ballart

Habitat

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

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.