brown point snail vs Narrow swordfern

Acicula fusca compared with Nephrolepis cordifolia

Key Differences

• brown point snail is Extinct while Narrow swordfern is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	brown point snail	Narrow swordfern
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Mollusca (Mollusks)	Tracheophyta
Class	Gastropoda (Gastropoda)	Polypodiopsida (Polypodiopsida)
Order	Architaenioglossa (Architaenioglossa)	Polypodiales (Polypodiales)
Family	Aciculidae	Nephrolepidaceae
Genus	Acicula	Nephrolepis
Species	Acicula fusca	Nephrolepis cordifolia

Conservation Status

brown point snail

EX — Extinct

Narrow swordfern

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	brown point snail	Narrow swordfern
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 swordfern

Habitat

Typically found in moist, shaded forest floors and tropical canopies.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (South Africa, Zambia, Zimbabwe), Asia (Taiwan), Europe (Italy, Portugal, Sweden), North America (Cuba, United States), Oceania and the Pacific (New Zealand), and South America (Brazil, Colombia).

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.