brown point snail vs Pale Clouded Yellow

Acicula fusca compared with Colias hyale

Key Differences

• brown point snail is Extinct while Pale Clouded Yellow is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	brown point snail	Pale Clouded Yellow
Kingdom same	Animalia (hayvan)	Animalia (hayvan)
Phylum	Mollusca (Yumuşakçalar)	Arthropoda (Eklem bacaklılar)
Class	Gastropoda (Karından bacaklılar)	Insecta (böcek)
Order	Architaenioglossa (Architaenioglossa)	Lepidoptera (Pul kanatlılar)
Family	Aciculidae	Pieridae
Genus	Acicula	Colias
Species	Acicula fusca	Colias hyale

Evolutionary Relationship

brown point snail and Pale Clouded Yellow share a common ancestor at the Kingdom level: Animalia. (hayvan)

Conservation Status

brown point snail

EX — Extinct

Pale Clouded Yellow

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	brown point snail	Pale Clouded Yellow
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.

Pale Clouded Yellow

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Range

Found across Europe (35 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.

Pale Clouded Yellow

Pale Clouded Yellow (Colias hyale) is classified as Least Concern (LC) on the IUCN Red List. Widespread and abundant across its range, with stable populations and no immediate conservation concerns.

Shared Countries

Both species can be found in 2 countries:

🇧🇪 Belgium 🇳🇴 Norway