brown point snail vs Murray Plum

Acicula fusca compared with Prunus murrayana

Key Differences

• brown point snail is Extinct while Murray Plum is Critically Endangered.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	brown point snail	Murray Plum
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Mollusca (Mollusks)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Gastropoda (Gastropoda)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Architaenioglossa (Architaenioglossa)	Rosales (Roses & Allies)
Family	Aciculidae	Rosaceae (Rose Family)
Genus	Acicula	Prunus (Cherries & Plums)
Species	Acicula fusca	Prunus murrayana

Conservation Status

brown point snail

EX — Extinct

Murray Plum

CR — Critically Endangered

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	brown point snail	Murray Plum
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.

Murray Plum

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.

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.