Brick Cap vs brown point snail

Hypholoma lateritium compared with Acicula fusca

Key Differences

• Brick Cap is Least Concern while brown point snail is Extinct.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Brick Cap	brown point snail
Kingdom	Fungi (nấm)	Animalia (động vật)
Phylum	Basidiomycota (Club Fungi)	Mollusca (động vật thân mềm)
Class	Agaricomycetes (Mushrooms)	Gastropoda (Lớp Chân bụng)
Order	Agaricales (Gilled Mushrooms)	Architaenioglossa (Architaenioglossa)
Family	Strophariaceae	Aciculidae
Genus	Hypholoma	Acicula
Species	Hypholoma lateritium	Acicula fusca

Conservation Status

Brick Cap

LC — Least Concern

brown point snail

EX — Extinct

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Brick Cap	brown point snail
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Brick Cap

Habitat

Typically found in forest floors, decomposing wood, and soil ecosystems.

Range

Widely distributed across Asia (Taiwan), Europe (4 countries), and North America (United States).

brown point snail

Habitat

Typically found in terrestrial and aquatic habitats including forests and freshwater.

Range

Distributed across Belgium and Norway.

Brick Cap

The Brick Cap (Hypholoma lateritium) is a species in the genus Hypholoma. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in forest floors, decomposing wood, and soil 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.

Shared Countries

Both species can be found in 2 countries:

🇧🇪 Belgium 🇳🇴 Norway