brown point snail vs Tiny vetch

Acicula fusca compared with Vicia hirsuta

Key Differences

• brown point snail is Extinct while Tiny vetch is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	brown point snail	Tiny vetch
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Mollusca (Mollusks)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Gastropoda (Gastropoda)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Architaenioglossa (Architaenioglossa)	Fabales (Legumes & Allies)
Family	Aciculidae	Fabaceae
Genus	Acicula	Vicia
Species	Acicula fusca	Vicia hirsuta

Conservation Status

brown point snail

EX — Extinct

Tiny vetch

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	brown point snail	Tiny vetch
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.

Tiny vetch

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (5 countries), Asia (Taiwan), Europe (15 countries), North America (Canada, United States), Oceania and the Pacific (Australia), and South America (Argentina, Chile, Ecuador).

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