brown point snail vs Linear Leaf Water Primrose

Acicula fusca compared with Ludwigia hyssopifolia

Key Differences

• brown point snail is Extinct while Linear Leaf Water Primrose is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	brown point snail	Linear Leaf Water Primrose
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Mollusca (Mollusks)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Gastropoda (Gastropoda)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Architaenioglossa (Architaenioglossa)	Myrtales (Myrtales)
Family	Aciculidae	Onagraceae
Genus	Acicula	Ludwigia
Species	Acicula fusca	Ludwigia hyssopifolia

Conservation Status

brown point snail

EX — Extinct

Linear Leaf Water Primrose

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	brown point snail	Linear Leaf Water Primrose
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.

Linear Leaf Water Primrose

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests, and deserts and xeric shrublands spanning the Australasia and Indomalayan realms. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Congo (DRC), Guinea, Seychelles), Asia (4 countries), North America (Guatemala, Honduras), Oceania and the Pacific (7 countries), and South America (Brazil, Colombia).

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.