brown point snail vs Northern Raphia

Acicula fusca compared with Raphia sudanica

Key Differences

• brown point snail is Extinct while Northern Raphia is Near Threatened.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	brown point snail	Northern Raphia
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Mollusca (Mollusks)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Gastropoda (Gastropoda)	Liliopsida (Monocots)
Order	Architaenioglossa (Architaenioglossa)	Arecales (Arecales)
Family	Aciculidae	Arecaceae
Genus	Acicula	Raphia
Species	Acicula fusca	Raphia sudanica

Conservation Status

brown point snail

EX — Extinct

Northern Raphia

NT — Near Threatened

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	brown point snail	Northern Raphia
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.

Northern Raphia

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, tropical and subtropical grasslands and savannas, and flooded grasslands and savannas, among 4 distinct biome types within the Afrotropic biogeographic realm. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Distributed across Cameroon and Guinea. Listed as Near Threatened, this species requires ongoing monitoring to prevent population decline.

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.