brown point snail vs Melancholy Thistle

Acicula fusca compared with Cirsium heterophyllum

Key Differences

• brown point snail is Extinct while Melancholy Thistle is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	brown point snail	Melancholy Thistle
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Mollusca (Mollusks)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Gastropoda (Gastropoda)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Architaenioglossa (Architaenioglossa)	Asterales (Daisies & Sunflowers)
Family	Aciculidae	Asteraceae (Daisy Family)
Genus	Acicula	Cirsium
Species	Acicula fusca	Cirsium heterophyllum

Conservation Status

brown point snail

EX — Extinct

Melancholy Thistle

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	brown point snail	Melancholy Thistle
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.

Melancholy Thistle

Habitat

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

Range

Found across Europe (6 countries).

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 2 countries:

🇧🇪 Belgium 🇳🇴 Norway