brown point snail vs Spiny Threadwort

Acicula fusca compared with Cephaloziella spinigera

Key Differences

brown point snail is Extinct while Spiny Threadwort is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	brown point snail	Spiny Threadwort
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Mollusca (Mollusks)	Marchantiophyta (liverwort)
Class	Gastropoda (Gastropoda)	Jungermanniopsida (Jungermanniopsida)
Order	Architaenioglossa (Architaenioglossa)	Jungermanniales (Jungermanniales)
Family	Aciculidae	Cephaloziellaceae
Genus	Acicula	Cephaloziella
Species	Acicula fusca	Cephaloziella spinigera

Conservation Status

brown point snail

EX — Extinct

Spiny Threadwort

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	brown point snail	Spiny Threadwort
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.

Spiny Threadwort

Habitat

Native to Europe, inhabiting ecosystems characteristic of the region.

Range

Distributed across Denmark, Norway, and Sweden.

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.