brown point snail vs Glabrous Catsear

Acicula fusca compared with Hypochaeris glabra

Key Differences

• brown point snail is Extinct while Glabrous Catsear is Critically Endangered.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	brown point snail	Glabrous Catsear
Kingdom	Animalia (สัตว์)	Plantae (พืช)
Phylum	Mollusca (มอลลัสกา)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Gastropoda (ชั้นแกสโทรโพดา)	Magnoliopsida (พืชใบเลี้ยงคู่)
Order	Architaenioglossa (Architaenioglossa)	Asterales (อันดับทานตะวัน)
Family	Aciculidae	Asteraceae (Daisy Family)
Genus	Acicula	Hypochaeris
Species	Acicula fusca	Hypochaeris glabra

Conservation Status

brown point snail

EX — Extinct

Glabrous Catsear

CR — Critically Endangered

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	brown point snail	Glabrous Catsear
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.

Glabrous Catsear

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, montane grasslands and shrublands, and Mediterranean forests and woodlands, among 12 distinct biome types. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (South Africa), Asia (India, Japan, Taiwan), Europe (5 countries), North America (4 countries), Oceania and the Pacific (Australia), and South America (5 countries). Currently classified as Critically Endangered 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 2 countries:

🇧🇪 Belgium 🇳🇴 Norway