brown point snail vs Tonkin wingnut

Acicula fusca compared with Pterocarya tonkinensis

Key Differences

• brown point snail is Extinct while Tonkin wingnut is Vulnerable.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	brown point snail	Tonkin wingnut
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Mollusca (Mollusks)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Gastropoda (Gastropoda)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Architaenioglossa (Architaenioglossa)	Fagales (Beeches & Oaks)
Family	Aciculidae	Juglandaceae
Genus	Acicula	Pterocarya
Species	Acicula fusca	Pterocarya tonkinensis

Conservation Status

brown point snail

EX — Extinct

Tonkin wingnut

VU — Vulnerable

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	brown point snail	Tonkin wingnut
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.

Tonkin wingnut

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.