brown point snail vs Wild Tulip

Acicula fusca compared with Tulipa sylvestris

Key Differences

• brown point snail is Extinct while Wild Tulip is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	brown point snail	Wild Tulip
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Mollusca (Mollusks)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Gastropoda (Gastropoda)	Liliopsida (Monocots)
Order	Architaenioglossa (Architaenioglossa)	Liliales (Liliales)
Family	Aciculidae	Liliaceae
Genus	Acicula	Tulipa
Species	Acicula fusca	Tulipa sylvestris

Conservation Status

brown point snail

EX — Extinct

Wild Tulip

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	brown point snail	Wild Tulip
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 Tulip

Habitat

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

Range

Found across Europe (19 countries) and North America (Canada, 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.

Shared Countries

Both species can be found in 2 countries:

🇧🇪 Belgium 🇳🇴 Norway