brown point snail vs Spanish elm

Acicula fusca compared with Cordia alliodora

Key Differences

• brown point snail is Extinct while Spanish elm is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	brown point snail	Spanish elm
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Mollusca (Mollusks)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Gastropoda (Gastropoda)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Architaenioglossa (Architaenioglossa)	Boraginales (Boraginales)
Family	Aciculidae	Cordiaceae
Genus	Acicula	Cordia
Species	Acicula fusca	Cordia alliodora

Conservation Status

brown point snail

EX — Extinct

Spanish elm

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	brown point snail	Spanish elm
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.

Spanish elm

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (4 countries), North America (8 countries), Oceania and the Pacific (5 countries), and South America (5 countries).

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.