brown point snail vs Maltese Dwarf Garlic

Acicula fusca compared with Allium lojaconoi

Key Differences

• brown point snail is Extinct while Maltese Dwarf Garlic is Near Threatened.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	brown point snail	Maltese Dwarf Garlic
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Mollusca (Mollusks)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Gastropoda (Gastropoda)	Liliopsida (Monocots)
Order	Architaenioglossa (Architaenioglossa)	Asparagales (Asparagales)
Family	Aciculidae	Amaryllidaceae
Genus	Acicula	Allium
Species	Acicula fusca	Allium lojaconoi

Conservation Status

brown point snail

EX — Extinct

Maltese Dwarf Garlic

NT — Near Threatened

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	brown point snail	Maltese Dwarf Garlic
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.

Maltese Dwarf Garlic

Habitat

Typically found in grasslands, wetlands, forests, and cultivated landscapes.

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.