brown point snail vs Narrow-leafed Ash

Acicula fusca compared with Fraxinus angustifolia

Key Differences

• brown point snail is Extinct while Narrow-leafed Ash is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	brown point snail	Narrow-leafed Ash
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Mollusca (Mollusks)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Gastropoda (Gastropoda)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Architaenioglossa (Architaenioglossa)	Lamiales (Lamiales)
Family	Aciculidae	Oleaceae
Genus	Acicula	Fraxinus
Species	Acicula fusca	Fraxinus angustifolia

Conservation Status

brown point snail

EX — Extinct

Narrow-leafed Ash

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	brown point snail	Narrow-leafed Ash
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.

Narrow-leafed Ash

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (South Africa), Asia (Cyprus), Europe (6 countries), and Oceania and the Pacific (Australia).

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.

Shared Countries

Both species can be found in 1 countries:

🇧🇪 Belgium