brown point snail vs Prickly Featherwort

Acicula fusca compared with Plagiochila spinulosa

Key Differences

• brown point snail is Extinct while Prickly Featherwort is Vulnerable.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	brown point snail	Prickly Featherwort
Kingdom	Animalia (животные)	Plantae (растения)
Phylum	Mollusca (моллюски)	Marchantiophyta (печёночные мхи)
Class	Gastropoda (брюхоногие)	Jungermanniopsida (юнгерманиевые печёночники)
Order	Architaenioglossa (Architaenioglossa)	Jungermanniales (юнгерманиевые)
Family	Aciculidae	Plagiochilaceae
Genus	Acicula	Plagiochila
Species	Acicula fusca	Plagiochila spinulosa

Conservation Status

brown point snail

EX — Extinct

Prickly Featherwort

VU — Vulnerable

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	brown point snail	Prickly Featherwort
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.

Prickly Featherwort

Habitat

Native to Europe, inhabiting ecosystems characteristic of the region.

Range

Distributed across Luxembourg, Norway, Portugal, and Sweden. 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.

Shared Countries

Both species can be found in 1 countries:

🇳🇴 Norway