brown point snail vs plicate door snail

Acicula fusca compared with Macrogastra plicatula

Key Differences

• brown point snail is Extinct while plicate door snail is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	brown point snail	plicate door snail
Kingdom same	Animalia (動物)	Animalia (動物)
Phylum same	Mollusca (軟体動物)	Mollusca (軟体動物)
Class same	Gastropoda (腹足綱)	Gastropoda (腹足綱)
Order	Architaenioglossa (原始紐舌目)	Stylommatophora (Stylommatophora)
Family	Aciculidae	Clausiliidae
Genus	Acicula	Macrogastra
Species	Acicula fusca	Macrogastra plicatula

Evolutionary Relationship

brown point snail and plicate door snail share a common ancestor at the Class level: Gastropoda. (腹足綱)

Conservation Status

brown point snail

EX — Extinct

plicate door snail

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	brown point snail	plicate door snail
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.

plicate door snail

Habitat

Typically found in terrestrial and aquatic habitats including forests and freshwater.

Range

Distributed across Belgium, Denmark, Norway, Sweden, and Ukraine.

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