brown point snail vs botryche lancéolé

Acicula fusca compared with Botrychium lanceolatum

Key Differences

• brown point snail is Extinct while botryche lancéolé is Vulnerable.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	brown point snail	botryche lancéolé
Kingdom	Animalia (animal)	Plantae (plante)
Phylum	Mollusca (mollusques)	Tracheophyta
Class	Gastropoda (Gastropoda)	Polypodiopsida (Filicopsida)
Order	Architaenioglossa (Architaenioglossa)	Ophioglossales (Ophioglossales)
Family	Aciculidae	Ophioglossaceae
Genus	Acicula	Botrychium
Species	Acicula fusca	Botrychium lanceolatum

Conservation Status

brown point snail

EX — Extinct

botryche lancéolé

VU — Vulnerable

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	brown point snail	botryche lancéolé
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.

botryche lancéolé

Habitat

Typically found in moist, shaded forest floors and tropical canopies.

Range

Distributed across Iceland, Norway, Sweden, and United States. Currently classified as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List, this species faces significant conservation challenges across its range.

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 1 countries:

🇳🇴 Norway