brown point snail vs Smooth Stonewort

Acicula fusca compared with Nitella flexilis

Key Differences

brown point snail is Extinct while Smooth Stonewort is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	brown point snail	Smooth Stonewort
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Mollusca (Mollusks)	Charophyta (Charophyta)
Class	Gastropoda (Gastropoda)	Charophyceae (Charophyceae)
Order	Architaenioglossa (Architaenioglossa)	Charales (Charales)
Family	Aciculidae	Characeae
Genus	Acicula	Nitella
Species	Acicula fusca	Nitella flexilis

Conservation Status

brown point snail

EX — Extinct

Smooth Stonewort

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	brown point snail	Smooth Stonewort
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.

Smooth Stonewort

Habitat

Native to Europe and North America and South America, inhabiting ecosystems characteristic of the region.

Range

Distributed across Brazil, Denmark, Norway, Sweden, and United States.

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.