brown point snail vs Mountain yam

Acicula fusca compared with Dioscorea hamiltonii

Key Differences

• brown point snail is Extinct while Mountain yam is Near Threatened.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	brown point snail	Mountain yam
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Mollusca (Mollusks)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Gastropoda (Gastropoda)	Liliopsida (Monocots)
Order	Architaenioglossa (Architaenioglossa)	Dioscoreales (Dioscoreales)
Family	Aciculidae	Dioscoreaceae
Genus	Acicula	Dioscorea
Species	Acicula fusca	Dioscorea hamiltonii

Conservation Status

brown point snail

EX — Extinct

Mountain yam

NT — Near Threatened

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	brown point snail	Mountain yam
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 yam

Habitat

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

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.