brown point snail vs Whitley’s cuttlefish

Acicula fusca compared with Sepia whitleyana

Key Differences

• brown point snail is Extinct while Whitley’s cuttlefish is Data Deficient.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	brown point snail	Whitley’s cuttlefish
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum same	Mollusca (Mollusks)	Mollusca (Mollusks)
Class	Gastropoda (Gastropoda)	Cephalopoda (Cephalopods)
Order	Architaenioglossa (Architaenioglossa)	Sepiida (Sepiida)
Family	Aciculidae	Sepiidae
Genus	Acicula	Sepia
Species	Acicula fusca	Sepia whitleyana

Evolutionary Relationship

brown point snail and Whitley’s cuttlefish share a common ancestor at the Phylum level: Mollusca. (Mollusks)

Conservation Status

brown point snail

EX — Extinct

Whitley’s cuttlefish

DD — Data Deficient

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	brown point snail	Whitley’s cuttlefish
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.

Whitley’s cuttlefish

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.