brown point snail vs Starfruit

Acicula fusca compared with Damasonium alisma

Key Differences

• brown point snail is Extinct while Starfruit is Vulnerable.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	brown point snail	Starfruit
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Mollusca (Mollusks)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Gastropoda (Gastropoda)	Liliopsida (Monocots)
Order	Architaenioglossa (Architaenioglossa)	Alismatales (Alismatales)
Family	Aciculidae	Alismataceae
Genus	Acicula	Damasonium
Species	Acicula fusca	Damasonium alisma

Conservation Status

brown point snail

EX — Extinct

Starfruit

VU — Vulnerable

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	brown point snail	Starfruit
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.

Starfruit

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including deserts and xeric shrublands, flooded grasslands and savannas, and Mediterranean forests and woodlands within the Palearctic biogeographic realm. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Distributed across Egypt and Portugal. Currently classified as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List, this species faces significant conservation challenges across its range.

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.