brown point snail vs Mexican Hickory

Acicula fusca compared with Carya palmeri

Key Differences

• brown point snail is Extinct while Mexican Hickory is Vulnerable.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	brown point snail	Mexican Hickory
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Mollusca (Mollusks)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Gastropoda (Gastropoda)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Architaenioglossa (Architaenioglossa)	Fagales (Beeches & Oaks)
Family	Aciculidae	Juglandaceae
Genus	Acicula	Carya
Species	Acicula fusca	Carya palmeri

Conservation Status

brown point snail

EX — Extinct

Mexican Hickory

VU — Vulnerable

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	brown point snail	Mexican Hickory
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 Hickory

Habitat

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

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.