brown point snail vs Prickly Pole

Acicula fusca compared with Bactris jamaicana

Key Differences

• brown point snail is Extinct while Prickly Pole is Vulnerable.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	brown point snail	Prickly Pole
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	Bactris
Species	Acicula fusca	Bactris jamaicana

Conservation Status

brown point snail

EX — Extinct

Prickly Pole

VU — Vulnerable

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	brown point snail	Prickly Pole
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.

Prickly Pole

Habitat

Typically found in grasslands, wetlands, forests, and cultivated landscapes.

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.