brown point snail vs Salento Iris

Acicula fusca compared with Iris revoluta

Key Differences

• brown point snail is Extinct while Salento Iris is Critically Endangered.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	brown point snail	Salento Iris
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Mollusca (Mollusks)	Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class	Gastropoda (Gastropoda)	Insecta (Insects)
Order	Architaenioglossa (Architaenioglossa)	Mantodea (Mantodea)
Family	Aciculidae	Eremiaphilidae
Genus	Acicula	Iris
Species	Acicula fusca	Iris revoluta

Evolutionary Relationship

brown point snail and Salento Iris share a common ancestor at the Kingdom level: Animalia. (Animals)

Conservation Status

brown point snail

EX — Extinct

Salento Iris

CR — Critically Endangered

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	brown point snail	Salento Iris
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.

Salento Iris

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

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.