brown point snail vs Light Bossé

Acicula fusca compared with Leplaea cedrata

Key Differences

• brown point snail is Extinct while Light Bossé is Vulnerable.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	brown point snail	Light Bossé
Kingdom	Animalia (動物)	Plantae (植物)
Phylum	Mollusca (軟体動物)	Magnoliophyta (被子植物門)
Class	Gastropoda (腹足綱)	Magnoliopsida (モクレン綱)
Order	Architaenioglossa (原始紐舌目)	Sapindales (ムクロジ目)
Family	Aciculidae	Meliaceae
Genus	Acicula	Leplaea
Species	Acicula fusca	Leplaea cedrata

Conservation Status

brown point snail

EX — Extinct

Light Bossé

VU — Vulnerable

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	brown point snail	Light Bossé
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.

Light Bossé

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, tropical and subtropical grasslands and savannas, and mangrove forests and coastal wetlands within the Afrotropic biogeographic realm. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Found in Guinea. 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.