brown point snail vs Twin Dotted Border

Acicula fusca compared with Mylothris rueppellii

Key Differences

• brown point snail is Extinct while Twin Dotted Border is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	brown point snail	Twin Dotted Border
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Mollusca (Mollusks)	Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class	Gastropoda (Gastropoda)	Insecta (Insects)
Order	Architaenioglossa (Architaenioglossa)	Lepidoptera (Butterflies & Moths)
Family	Aciculidae	Pieridae
Genus	Acicula	Mylothris
Species	Acicula fusca	Mylothris rueppellii

Evolutionary Relationship

brown point snail and Twin Dotted Border share a common ancestor at the Kingdom level: Animalia. (Animals)

Conservation Status

brown point snail

EX — Extinct

Twin Dotted Border

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	brown point snail	Twin Dotted Border
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.

Twin Dotted Border

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

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.