brown point snail vs Elegant Water Shrew

Acicula fusca compared with Nectogale elegans

Key Differences

• brown point snail is Extinct while Elegant Water Shrew is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	brown point snail	Elegant Water Shrew
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Mollusca (Moluscos)	Chordata (cordados)
Class	Gastropoda (Gastrópodes)	Mammalia (mamíferos)
Order	Architaenioglossa (Architaenioglossa)	Soricomorpha (Soricomorpha)
Family	Aciculidae	Soricidae
Genus	Acicula	Nectogale
Species	Acicula fusca	Nectogale elegans

Evolutionary Relationship

brown point snail and Elegant Water Shrew share a common ancestor at the Kingdom level: Animalia. (Animals)

Conservation Status

brown point snail

EX — Extinct

Elegant Water Shrew

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	brown point snail	Elegant Water Shrew
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.

Elegant Water Shrew

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

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.