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Pointed snail

Cochlicella acuta (O. F. Müller, 1774)

Status not recordedsnails and slugs

The pointed snail (Cochlicella acuta) is a species in the family Geomitridae.

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Quick facts about the pointed snail

Weight
Not recorded
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
Not recorded
Young per litter or clutch
Not recorded
Conservation status
Not recorded
Countries on record
Not recorded

Where does the pointed snail live?

Not recorded

Where has it been introduced?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the pointed snail as introduced in 5 countries.

  1. Albania
  2. Belgium
  3. Ireland
  4. Israel
  5. United States

Introduced means brought by people and now present; invasive means the country's checklist records an impact. A species can be native to one part of a country and introduced in another. Source: Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species (CC BY 4.0).

Is the pointed snail endangered?

No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.

How is the pointed snail classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumMollusca
  3. classGastropoda
  4. familyGeomitridae
  5. genusCochlicella
  6. SpeciesCochlicella acuta (O. F. Müller, 1774)

Synonyms Bulimus acutus, Bulimus acutus var. nigrescens, Cochlicella acuta, Cochlicella acuta var. obesa, Cochlicella meridionalis, Cochlicella turricula, Helix acuta, Helix bifasciata, Longaeva turrita, Xerophila acuta var. cochleaeformis, Xerophila acuta var. cochleolina, Xerophila acuta var. macella, Xerophila acuta var. pratensis, Xerophila acuta var. procerula

Other names and names in other languages (11)
  • Pointed helicellidEnglish
  • suchomilka hrotitáCzech
  • SpitzschneckeGerman
  • Cornet étroitFrench
  • חרוטית צנומהHebrew
  • Uski šiljavacCroatian
  • トウガタコマイマイJapanese
  • slanke duinhorenDutch
  • smal spetssnäckaSwedish
  • 尖頭旋蝸牛Chinese
  • Schlanke SpitzschneckeGerman

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the pointed snail

Other species in the same genus Cochlicella.

Tower snail

Cochlicella barbara

GeomitridaeNo free photo yet

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Common questions

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Is the pointed snail an invasive species?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the pointed snail as introduced in 5 countries: Albania, Belgium, Ireland, Israel and United States, but does not flag it as invasive in any of them.

Sources and how to cite this page

Data as of 2026-11-13. How this page is put together.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Pointed snail (Cochlicella acuta). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/pointed-snail

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“Pointed snail (Cochlicella acuta).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/pointed-snail.

BibTeX
@misc{pointed_snail_2026,
  title = {Pointed snail (Cochlicella acuta)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/pointed-snail},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-13}
}