brown point snail vs Tufted Foxtail

Acicula fusca compared with Alopecurus carolinianus

Key Differences

• brown point snail is Extinct while Tufted Foxtail is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	brown point snail	Tufted Foxtail
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Mollusca (Mollusks)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Gastropoda (Gastropoda)	Liliopsida (Monocots)
Order	Architaenioglossa (Architaenioglossa)	Poales (Grasses)
Family	Aciculidae	Poaceae (Grass Family)
Genus	Acicula	Alopecurus
Species	Acicula fusca	Alopecurus carolinianus

Conservation Status

brown point snail

EX — Extinct

Tufted Foxtail

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	brown point snail	Tufted Foxtail
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.

Tufted Foxtail

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Belgium, Canada, France, Netherlands, and United Kingdom.

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 1 countries:

🇧🇪 Belgium