brown point snail vs Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle

Acicula fusca compared with Anostirus castaneus

Key Differences

• brown point snail is Extinct while Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	brown point snail	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Mollusca (moluscos)	Arthropoda (artrópodos)
Class	Gastropoda (gastrópodos)	Insecta (insecto)
Order	Architaenioglossa (Architaenioglossa)	Coleoptera (coleópteros)
Family	Aciculidae	Elateridae
Genus	Acicula	Anostirus
Species	Acicula fusca	Anostirus castaneus

Evolutionary Relationship

brown point snail and Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle share a common ancestor at the Kingdom level: Animalia. (Animals)

Conservation Status

brown point snail

EX — Extinct

Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	brown point snail	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle
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.

Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Range

Distributed across Belgium, Denmark, Norway, Sweden, and Switzerland.

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.

Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle

The Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle (Anostirus castaneus) is a species in the genus Anostirus. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Shared Countries

Both species can be found in 2 countries:

🇧🇪 Belgium 🇳🇴 Norway