brown point snail vs Salad Burnet Rust

Acicula fusca compared with Phragmidium sanguisorbae

Key Differences

• brown point snail is Extinct while Salad Burnet Rust is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	brown point snail	Salad Burnet Rust
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Fungi (Fungi)
Phylum	Mollusca (Mollusks)	Basidiomycota (Club Fungi)
Class	Gastropoda (Gastropoda)	Pucciniomycetes (Pucciniomycetes)
Order	Architaenioglossa (Architaenioglossa)	Pucciniales (Pucciniales)
Family	Aciculidae	Phragmidiaceae
Genus	Acicula	Phragmidium
Species	Acicula fusca	Phragmidium sanguisorbae

Conservation Status

brown point snail

EX — Extinct

Salad Burnet Rust

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	brown point snail	Salad Burnet Rust
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.

Salad Burnet Rust

Habitat

Native to Europe, inhabiting ecosystems characteristic of the region.

Range

Distributed across Belgium, Denmark, Norway, Portugal, and Sweden.

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