brown point snail vs midwestern arrowhead

Acicula fusca compared with Sagittaria brevirostra

Key Differences

• brown point snail is Extinct while midwestern arrowhead is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	brown point snail	midwestern arrowhead
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Mollusca (Mollusks)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Gastropoda (Gastropoda)	Liliopsida (Monocots)
Order	Architaenioglossa (Architaenioglossa)	Alismatales (Alismatales)
Family	Aciculidae	Alismataceae
Genus	Acicula	Sagittaria
Species	Acicula fusca	Sagittaria brevirostra

Conservation Status

brown point snail

EX — Extinct

midwestern arrowhead

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	brown point snail	midwestern arrowhead
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.

midwestern arrowhead

Habitat

Typically found in grasslands, wetlands, forests, and cultivated landscapes.

Range

Distributed across Australia and Canada.

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.