brown point snail vs Mottled Darner

Acicula fusca compared with Aeshna clepsydra

Key Differences

• brown point snail is Extinct while Mottled Darner is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	brown point snail	Mottled Darner
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Mollusca (Mollusks)	Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class	Gastropoda (Gastropoda)	Insecta (Insects)
Order	Architaenioglossa (Architaenioglossa)	Odonata (Odonata)
Family	Aciculidae	Aeshnidae
Genus	Acicula	Aeshna
Species	Acicula fusca	Aeshna clepsydra

Evolutionary Relationship

brown point snail and Mottled Darner share a common ancestor at the Kingdom level: Animalia. (Animals)

Conservation Status

brown point snail

EX — Extinct

Mottled Darner

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	brown point snail	Mottled Darner
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.

Mottled Darner

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Range

Found in United States.

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.