brown point snail vs mexican-apple

Acicula fusca compared with Casimiroa edulis

Key Differences

• brown point snail is Extinct while mexican-apple is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	brown point snail	mexican-apple
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Mollusca (Mollusks)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Gastropoda (Gastropoda)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Architaenioglossa (Architaenioglossa)	Sapindales (Sapindales)
Family	Aciculidae	Rutaceae
Genus	Acicula	Casimiroa
Species	Acicula fusca	Casimiroa edulis

Conservation Status

brown point snail

EX — Extinct

mexican-apple

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	brown point snail	mexican-apple
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.

mexican-apple

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Australia, Brazil, Colombia, and Taiwan.

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.