brown point snail vs Sacatrapo

Acicula fusca compared with Caperonia palustris

Key Differences

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

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	brown point snail	Sacatrapo
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Mollusca (Mollusks)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Gastropoda (Gastropoda)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Architaenioglossa (Architaenioglossa)	Malpighiales (Malpighiales)
Family	Aciculidae	Euphorbiaceae
Genus	Acicula	Caperonia
Species	Acicula fusca	Caperonia palustris

Conservation Status

brown point snail

EX — Extinct

Sacatrapo

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	brown point snail	Sacatrapo
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.

Sacatrapo

Habitat

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

Range

Found across North America (6 countries) and South America (Brazil, Colombia).

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.