brown point snail vs Scaly Stalkball

Acicula fusca compared with Tulostoma melanocyclum

Key Differences

• brown point snail is Extinct while Scaly Stalkball is Critically Endangered.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	brown point snail	Scaly Stalkball
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Fungi (Fungi)
Phylum	Mollusca (Mollusks)	Basidiomycota (Club Fungi)
Class	Gastropoda (Gastropoda)	Agaricomycetes (Mushrooms)
Order	Architaenioglossa (Architaenioglossa)	Agaricales (Gilled Mushrooms)
Family	Aciculidae	Agaricaceae (Agarics)
Genus	Acicula	Tulostoma
Species	Acicula fusca	Tulostoma melanocyclum

Conservation Status

brown point snail

EX — Extinct

Scaly Stalkball

CR — Critically Endangered

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	brown point snail	Scaly Stalkball
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.

Scaly Stalkball

Habitat

Typically found in forest floors, decomposing wood, and soil ecosystems.

Range

Distributed across Belgium, Denmark, Norway, and Sweden. Currently classified as Critically Endangered on the IUCN Red List, this species faces significant conservation challenges across its range.

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