brown point snail vs Silkrubber

Acicula fusca compared with Funtumia elastica

Key Differences

• brown point snail is Extinct while Silkrubber is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	brown point snail	Silkrubber
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Mollusca (Mollusks)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Gastropoda (Gastropoda)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Architaenioglossa (Architaenioglossa)	Gentianales (Gentianales)
Family	Aciculidae	Apocynaceae
Genus	Acicula	Funtumia
Species	Acicula fusca	Funtumia elastica

Conservation Status

brown point snail

EX — Extinct

Silkrubber

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	brown point snail	Silkrubber
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.

Silkrubber

Habitat

Inhabits tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests within the Neotropic biogeographic realm.

Range

Distributed across Cameroon, Guinea, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Samoa, and Seychelles.

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.