brown point snail vs Texas palmetto

Acicula fusca compared with Sabal mexicana

Key Differences

• brown point snail is Extinct while Texas palmetto is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	brown point snail	Texas palmetto
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Mollusca (Mollusks)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Gastropoda (Gastropoda)	Liliopsida (Monocots)
Order	Architaenioglossa (Architaenioglossa)	Arecales (Arecales)
Family	Aciculidae	Arecaceae
Genus	Acicula	Sabal
Species	Acicula fusca	Sabal mexicana

Conservation Status

brown point snail

EX — Extinct

Texas palmetto

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	brown point snail	Texas palmetto
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.

Texas palmetto

Habitat

Typically found in grasslands, wetlands, forests, and cultivated landscapes.

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.