brown point snail vs marianinha

Acicula fusca compared with Commelina benghalensis

Key Differences

• brown point snail is Extinct while marianinha is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	brown point snail	marianinha
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (plantas)
Phylum	Mollusca (Moluscos)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Gastropoda (Gastrópodes)	Liliopsida (Monocots)
Order	Architaenioglossa (Architaenioglossa)	Commelinales (Commelinales)
Family	Aciculidae	Commelinaceae
Genus	Acicula	Commelina
Species	Acicula fusca	Commelina benghalensis

Conservation Status

brown point snail

EX — Extinct

marianinha

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	brown point snail	marianinha
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.

marianinha

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, flooded grasslands and savannas, and tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests, among 5 distinct biome types. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (11 countries), Asia (7 countries), Europe (Croatia, Portugal, Spain), North America (Mexico, Saint Kitts and Nevis, United States), Oceania and the Pacific (6 countries), and South America (5 countries).

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.