brown point snail vs Osier

Acicula fusca compared with Salix viminalis

Key Differences

• brown point snail is Extinct while Osier is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	brown point snail	Osier
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Mollusca (Mollusks)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Gastropoda (Gastropoda)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Architaenioglossa (Architaenioglossa)	Malpighiales (Malpighiales)
Family	Aciculidae	Salicaceae
Genus	Acicula	Salix
Species	Acicula fusca	Salix viminalis

Conservation Status

brown point snail

EX — Extinct

Osier

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	brown point snail	Osier
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.

Osier

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Asia (Turkey), Europe (13 countries), North America (Canada, United States), Oceania and the Pacific (Australia), and South America (4 countries).

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 2 countries:

🇧🇪 Belgium 🇳🇴 Norway