brown point snail vs screw-bean

Acicula fusca compared with Prosopis pubescens

Key Differences

• brown point snail is Extinct while screw-bean is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	brown point snail	screw-bean
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Mollusca (Mollusks)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Gastropoda (Gastropoda)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Architaenioglossa (Architaenioglossa)	Fabales (Legumes & Allies)
Family	Aciculidae	Fabaceae
Genus	Acicula	Prosopis
Species	Acicula fusca	Prosopis pubescens

Conservation Status

brown point snail

EX — Extinct

screw-bean

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	brown point snail	screw-bean
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.

screw-bean

Habitat

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

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.