brown point snail vs Prickly Sedge

Acicula fusca compared with Carex spicata

Key Differences

• brown point snail is Extinct while Prickly Sedge is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	brown point snail	Prickly Sedge
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Mollusca (Mollusks)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Gastropoda (Gastropoda)	Liliopsida (Monocots)
Order	Architaenioglossa (Architaenioglossa)	Poales (Grasses)
Family	Aciculidae	Cyperaceae
Genus	Acicula	Carex
Species	Acicula fusca	Carex spicata

Conservation Status

brown point snail

EX — Extinct

Prickly Sedge

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	brown point snail	Prickly Sedge
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 Sedge

Habitat

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

Range

Found across Europe (6 countries) and North America (Canada, United States).

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