brown point snail vs Wild Pimento

Acicula fusca compared with Pimenta obscura

Key Differences

• brown point snail is Extinct while Wild Pimento is Vulnerable.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	brown point snail	Wild Pimento
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Mollusca (Mollusks)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Gastropoda (Gastropoda)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Architaenioglossa (Architaenioglossa)	Myrtales (Myrtales)
Family	Aciculidae	Myrtaceae
Genus	Acicula	Pimenta
Species	Acicula fusca	Pimenta obscura

Conservation Status

brown point snail

EX — Extinct

Wild Pimento

VU — Vulnerable

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	brown point snail	Wild Pimento
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.

Wild Pimento

Habitat

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

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.