brown point snail vs

Acicula fusca compared with Mollisia ramealis

Key Differences

• brown point snail is Extinct while is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	brown point snail
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Fungi (Fungi)
Phylum	Mollusca (Mollusks)	Ascomycota (Sac Fungi)
Class	Gastropoda (Gastropoda)	Leotiomycetes (Leotiomycetes)
Order	Architaenioglossa (Architaenioglossa)	Helotiales (Helotiales)
Family	Aciculidae	Mollisiaceae
Genus	Acicula	Mollisia
Species	Acicula fusca	Mollisia ramealis

Conservation Status

brown point snail

EX — Extinct

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	brown point snail
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.

Habitat

Native to Europe, inhabiting ecosystems characteristic of the region.

Range

Distributed across Belgium, Denmark, Norway, and Sweden.

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.

Mollisia ramealis is a small, grey to olive-grey disc fungus producing cup-shaped apothecia on dead herbaceous and woody plant material. It inhabits temperate forests and hedgerows across Europe, growing on dead twigs and stems. This saprotrophic ascomycete decomposes dead plant tissue in moist forest understory environments.

Shared Countries

Both species can be found in 2 countries:

🇧🇪 Belgium 🇳🇴 Norway