brown point snail vs Oriental Plane-tree

Acicula fusca compared with Platanus orientalis

Key Differences

• brown point snail is Extinct while Oriental Plane-tree is Data Deficient.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	brown point snail	Oriental Plane-tree
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Mollusca (Mollusks)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Gastropoda (Gastropoda)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Architaenioglossa (Architaenioglossa)	Proteales (Proteales)
Family	Aciculidae	Platanaceae
Genus	Acicula	Platanus
Species	Acicula fusca	Platanus orientalis

Conservation Status

brown point snail

EX — Extinct

Oriental Plane-tree

DD — Data Deficient

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	brown point snail	Oriental Plane-tree
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.

Oriental Plane-tree

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including flooded grasslands and savannas, Mediterranean forests and woodlands, and deserts and xeric shrublands within the Palearctic biogeographic realm. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Libya), Asia (India), Europe (10 countries), and South America (Brazil).

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