Raya vs brown point snail

Potamotrygon motoro compared with Acicula fusca

Key Differences

• Raya is Data Deficient while brown point snail is Extinct.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Raya	brown point snail
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Chordata (cordados)	Mollusca (moluscos)
Class	Elasmobranchii	Gastropoda (gastrópodos)
Order	Myliobatiformes (Myliobatiformes)	Architaenioglossa (Architaenioglossa)
Family	Potamotrygonidae	Aciculidae
Genus	Potamotrygon	Acicula
Species	Potamotrygon motoro	Acicula fusca

Evolutionary Relationship

Raya and brown point snail share a common ancestor at the Kingdom level: Animalia. (Animals)

Conservation Status

Raya

DD — Data Deficient

brown point snail

EX — Extinct

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Raya	brown point snail
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Raya

Habitat

Inhabits tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests within the Indomalayan biogeographic realm.

Range

Distributed across Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Singapore, and Venezuela.

brown point snail

Habitat

Typically found in terrestrial and aquatic habitats including forests and freshwater.

Range

Distributed across Belgium and Norway.

Raya

The Black river stingray (Potamotrygon motoro) is a species in the genus Potamotrygon. It is currently classified as Data Deficient on the IUCN Red List. Inhabits tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests within the Indomalayan biogeographic realm.

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.