brown point snail vs Hortensia

Acicula fusca compared with Hydrangea macrophylla

Key Differences

• brown point snail is Extinct while Hortensia is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	brown point snail	Hortensia
Kingdom	Animalia (animal)	Plantae (plante)
Phylum	Mollusca (mollusques)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Gastropoda (Gastropoda)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Architaenioglossa (Architaenioglossa)	Cornales (Cornales)
Family	Aciculidae	Hydrangeaceae
Genus	Acicula	Hydrangea
Species	Acicula fusca	Hydrangea macrophylla

Conservation Status

brown point snail

EX — Extinct

Hortensia

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	brown point snail	Hortensia
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.

Hortensia

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Seychelles, South Africa), Asia (India, Taiwan, Turkey), Europe (10 countries), North America (Guatemala), Oceania and the Pacific (Micronesia, New Zealand), and South America (Brazil, Colombia, Peru).

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