brown point snail vs Pitpat

Acicula fusca compared with Pittosporum patulum

Key Differences

• brown point snail is Extinct while Pitpat is Endangered.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	brown point snail	Pitpat
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Mollusca (Mollusks)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Gastropoda (Gastropoda)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Architaenioglossa (Architaenioglossa)	Apiales (Apiales)
Family	Aciculidae	Pittosporaceae
Genus	Acicula	Pittosporum
Species	Acicula fusca	Pittosporum patulum

Conservation Status

brown point snail

EX — Extinct

Pitpat

EN — Endangered

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	brown point snail	Pitpat
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.

Pitpat

Habitat

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

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.