brown point snail vs sharped-leaved fluellen

Acicula fusca compared with Kickxia elatine

Key Differences

• brown point snail is Extinct while sharped-leaved fluellen is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	brown point snail	sharped-leaved fluellen
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Mollusca (Mollusks)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Gastropoda (Gastropoda)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Architaenioglossa (Architaenioglossa)	Lamiales (Lamiales)
Family	Aciculidae	Plantaginaceae
Genus	Acicula	Kickxia
Species	Acicula fusca	Kickxia elatine

Conservation Status

brown point snail

EX — Extinct

sharped-leaved fluellen

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	brown point snail	sharped-leaved fluellen
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.

sharped-leaved fluellen

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (South Africa), Asia (Japan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan), Europe (14 countries), North America (Canada, United States), Oceania and the Pacific (Australia), and South America (Chile).

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