brown point snail vs Gold Tooth

Acicula fusca compared with Hydnellum auratile

Key Differences

• brown point snail is Extinct while Gold Tooth is Vulnerable.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	brown point snail	Gold Tooth
Kingdom	Animalia (動物)	Fungi (菌界)
Phylum	Mollusca (軟体動物)	Basidiomycota (担子菌門)
Class	Gastropoda (腹足綱)	Agaricomycetes (真正担子菌綱)
Order	Architaenioglossa (原始紐舌目)	Thelephorales (イボタケ目)
Family	Aciculidae	Bankeraceae
Genus	Acicula	Hydnellum
Species	Acicula fusca	Hydnellum auratile

Conservation Status

brown point snail

EX — Extinct

Gold Tooth

VU — Vulnerable

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	brown point snail	Gold Tooth
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.

Gold Tooth

Habitat

Typically found in forest floors, decomposing wood, and soil ecosystems.

Range

Distributed across Denmark, Norway, and Sweden. 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