brown point snail vs Virginia Cutgrass

Acicula fusca compared with Leersia virginica

Key Differences

• brown point snail is Extinct while Virginia Cutgrass is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	brown point snail	Virginia Cutgrass
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	Leersia
Species	Acicula fusca	Leersia virginica

Conservation Status

brown point snail

EX — Extinct

Virginia Cutgrass

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	brown point snail	Virginia Cutgrass
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.

Virginia Cutgrass

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Brazil, Canada, and United States.

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.