brown point snail vs Thin-leaved Centaury

Acicula fusca compared with Centaurea leptophylla

Key Differences

• brown point snail is Extinct while Thin-leaved Centaury is Critically Endangered.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	brown point snail	Thin-leaved Centaury
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Mollusca (Mollusks)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Gastropoda (Gastropoda)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Architaenioglossa (Architaenioglossa)	Asterales (Daisies & Sunflowers)
Family	Aciculidae	Asteraceae (Daisy Family)
Genus	Acicula	Centaurea
Species	Acicula fusca	Centaurea leptophylla

Conservation Status

brown point snail

EX — Extinct

Thin-leaved Centaury

CR — Critically Endangered

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	brown point snail	Thin-leaved Centaury
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.

Thin-leaved Centaury

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.

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.