brown point snail vs Tear Dropper

Acicula fusca compared with Cylindrobasidium laeve

Key Differences

• brown point snail is Extinct while Tear Dropper is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	brown point snail	Tear Dropper
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Fungi (Fungi)
Phylum	Mollusca (Mollusks)	Basidiomycota (Club Fungi)
Class	Gastropoda (Gastropoda)	Agaricomycetes (Mushrooms)
Order	Architaenioglossa (Architaenioglossa)	Agaricales (Gilled Mushrooms)
Family	Aciculidae	Physalacriaceae
Genus	Acicula	Cylindrobasidium
Species	Acicula fusca	Cylindrobasidium laeve

Conservation Status

brown point snail

EX — Extinct

Tear Dropper

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	brown point snail	Tear Dropper
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.

Tear Dropper

Habitat

Typically found in forest floors, decomposing wood, and soil ecosystems.

Range

Distributed across Belgium, Denmark, Norway, Portugal, and United States.

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.

Shared Countries

Both species can be found in 2 countries:

🇧🇪 Belgium 🇳🇴 Norway