brown point snail vs long yam

Acicula fusca compared with Dioscorea transversa

Key Differences

• brown point snail is Extinct while long yam is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	brown point snail	long yam
Kingdom	Animalia (動物)	Plantae (植物)
Phylum	Mollusca (軟体動物)	Magnoliophyta (被子植物門)
Class	Gastropoda (腹足綱)	Liliopsida (単子葉植物綱)
Order	Architaenioglossa (原始紐舌目)	Dioscoreales (ヤマノイモ目)
Family	Aciculidae	Dioscoreaceae
Genus	Acicula	Dioscorea
Species	Acicula fusca	Dioscorea transversa

Conservation Status

brown point snail

EX — Extinct

long yam

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	brown point snail	long yam
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.

long yam

Habitat

Typically found in grasslands, wetlands, forests, and cultivated landscapes.

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.