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Point Snail
Acicula fusca
Acicula fusca is a species of land snail in the family Aciculidae. It is known by the common name point snail. It is native to Europe, where it occurs in Britain, Ireland, France south to the Basses Pyrénées, Spain, Belgium, and north-west Germany. Commonest in the west. The distribution type is Oceanic Temperate.
From the article Acicula fusca on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA), quoted section by section
Range & habitat
This species lives in wet moss and leaf litter in woodlands on calcareous soils. Because it is minute, it is easily overlooked.
Wikipedia: “Habitat”
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 93169.