brown point snail vs

Acicula fusca compared with Sphingomonas flava

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 Sphingomonas
Species Acicula fusca Sphingomonas flava

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.

Sphingomonas flava is a yellow-pigmented, gram-negative bacterium in the family Sphingomonadaceae. It inhabits soil and freshwater environments and, like other members of the genus, possesses sphingolipids in its outer membrane that distinguish it from most other gram-negative bacteria. Its conservation status is not evaluated.

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