brown point snail vs Marsh Stitchwort

Acicula fusca compared with Stellaria palustris

Key Differences

• brown point snail is Extinct while Marsh Stitchwort is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	brown point snail	Marsh Stitchwort
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Mollusca (Mollusks)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Gastropoda (Gastropoda)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Architaenioglossa (Architaenioglossa)	Caryophyllales (Caryophyllales)
Family	Aciculidae	Caryophyllaceae
Genus	Acicula	Stellaria
Species	Acicula fusca	Stellaria palustris

Conservation Status

brown point snail

EX — Extinct

Marsh Stitchwort

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	brown point snail	Marsh Stitchwort
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.

Marsh Stitchwort

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Canada, Denmark, Norway, and Sweden.

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.

Shared Countries

Both species can be found in 1 countries:

🇳🇴 Norway