brown point snail vs Mountain Ricegrass

Acicula fusca compared with Piptatheropsis pungens

Key Differences

• brown point snail is Extinct while Mountain Ricegrass is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	brown point snail	Mountain Ricegrass
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Mollusca (Mollusks)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Gastropoda (Gastropoda)	Liliopsida (Monocots)
Order	Architaenioglossa (Architaenioglossa)	Poales (Grasses)
Family	Aciculidae	Poaceae (Grass Family)
Genus	Acicula	Piptatheropsis
Species	Acicula fusca	Piptatheropsis pungens

Conservation Status

brown point snail

EX — Extinct

Mountain Ricegrass

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	brown point snail	Mountain Ricegrass
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.

Mountain Ricegrass

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Canada and 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.