brown point snail vs

Acicula fusca compared with Sphingobium scionense

Key Differences

  • brown point snail is Extinct while is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank brown point snail
Kingdom Animalia (Animals) Bacteria (Bacteria)
Phylum Mollusca (Mollusks) Proteobacteria (Proteobacteria)
Class Gastropoda (Gastropoda) Alphaproteobacteria (Alphaproteobacteria)
Order Architaenioglossa (Architaenioglossa) Sphingomonadales (Sphingomonadales)
Family Aciculidae Sphingomonadaceae
Genus Acicula Sphingobium
Species Acicula fusca Sphingobium scionense

Conservation Status

brown point snail

EX — Extinct

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute brown point snail
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.

Habitat

Native to Asia, inhabiting ecosystems characteristic of the region.

Range

Found in 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.

Sphingobium scionense is a Gram-negative, aerobic rod first isolated in the Scion research environment in New Zealand. It inhabits forest soils and plant-associated substrates of Oceania. This chemoheterotroph degrades complex aromatic and aliphatic organic compounds in temperate forest soil environments.

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