brown point snail vs Elliot's Short-tailed Shrew

Acicula fusca compared with Blarina hylophaga

Key Differences

• brown point snail is Extinct while Elliot's Short-tailed Shrew is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	brown point snail	Elliot's Short-tailed Shrew
Kingdom same	Animalia (animal)	Animalia (animal)
Phylum	Mollusca (mollusques)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Gastropoda (Gastropoda)	Mammalia (mammifères)
Order	Architaenioglossa (Architaenioglossa)	Soricomorpha (Soricomorpha)
Family	Aciculidae	Soricidae
Genus	Acicula	Blarina
Species	Acicula fusca	Blarina hylophaga

Evolutionary Relationship

brown point snail and Elliot's Short-tailed Shrew share a common ancestor at the Kingdom level: Animalia. (animal)

Conservation Status

brown point snail

EX — Extinct

Elliot's Short-tailed Shrew

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	brown point snail	Elliot's Short-tailed Shrew
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.

Elliot's Short-tailed Shrew

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

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.