brown point snail vs Limestone Violet

Acicula fusca compared with Viola calcicola

Key Differences

• brown point snail is Extinct while Limestone Violet is Near Threatened.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	brown point snail	Limestone Violet
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Mollusca (Mollusks)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Gastropoda (Gastropoda)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Architaenioglossa (Architaenioglossa)	Malpighiales (Malpighiales)
Family	Aciculidae	Violaceae
Genus	Acicula	Viola
Species	Acicula fusca	Viola calcicola

Conservation Status

brown point snail

EX — Extinct

Limestone Violet

NT — Near Threatened

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	brown point snail	Limestone Violet
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.

Limestone Violet

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.