brown point snail vs Short Pipe-Wort

Acicula fusca compared with Eriocaulon truncatum

Key Differences

• brown point snail is Extinct while Short Pipe-Wort is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	brown point snail	Short Pipe-Wort
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Mollusca (Mollusks)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Gastropoda (Gastropoda)	Liliopsida (Monocots)
Order	Architaenioglossa (Architaenioglossa)	Poales (Grasses)
Family	Aciculidae	Eriocaulaceae
Genus	Acicula	Eriocaulon
Species	Acicula fusca	Eriocaulon truncatum

Conservation Status

brown point snail

EX — Extinct

Short Pipe-Wort

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	brown point snail	Short Pipe-Wort
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.

Short Pipe-Wort

Habitat

Typically found in grasslands, wetlands, forests, and cultivated landscapes.

Range

Distributed across Australia, Singapore, and Taiwan.

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.