brown point snail vs May River Red

Acicula fusca compared with Dendrobium lasianthera

Key Differences

• brown point snail is Extinct while May River Red is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	brown point snail	May River Red
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Mollusca (Mollusks)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Gastropoda (Gastropoda)	Liliopsida (Monocots)
Order	Architaenioglossa (Architaenioglossa)	Asparagales (Asparagales)
Family	Aciculidae	Orchidaceae
Genus	Acicula	Dendrobium
Species	Acicula fusca	Dendrobium lasianthera

Conservation Status

brown point snail

EX — Extinct

May River Red

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	brown point snail	May River Red
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.

May River Red

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.