brown point snail vs Wedgeleaf dock

Acicula fusca compared with Rumex frutescens

Key Differences

• brown point snail is Extinct while Wedgeleaf dock is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	brown point snail	Wedgeleaf dock
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Mollusca (Mollusks)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Gastropoda (Gastropoda)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Architaenioglossa (Architaenioglossa)	Caryophyllales (Caryophyllales)
Family	Aciculidae	Polygonaceae
Genus	Acicula	Rumex
Species	Acicula fusca	Rumex frutescens

Conservation Status

brown point snail

EX — Extinct

Wedgeleaf dock

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	brown point snail	Wedgeleaf dock
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.

Wedgeleaf dock

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Europe (5 countries), North America (United States), and Oceania and the Pacific (Australia).

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