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Punctum (gastropod)

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Family
  
Punctidae

Phylum
  
Mollusca

Rank
  
Genus

Superfamily
  
Punctoidea

Scientific name
  
Punctum

Higher classification
  
Punctidae

Punctum (gastropod)

Similar
  
Punctum pygmaeum, Punctidae, Euconulus, Vallonia, Euconulus fulvus

Punctum is a genus of very small air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks or micromollusks in the family Punctidae, the dot snails.

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Species

The genus Punctum includes the following species:

The type species is Helix minutissima Lea, 1841.

  • Punctum azoricum De Winter, 1988
  • Punctum blandianum Pilsbry, 1900
  • Punctum californicum Pilsbry, 1898
  • Punctum minutissimum I. Lea, 1841 - but Helix minutissima may be considered as a synonym of Punctum pygmaeum
  • Punctum pallidum Connolly, 1922
  • Punctum pygmaeum (Draparnaud, 1801) - type species
  • Punctum randolphi Dall, 1895
  • Punctum ugandanum (E. A. Smith, 1903)

    • Distribution

    This genus is found throughout the Holarctic ecozone, and also in South Africa and Mexico.

    References

    Punctum (gastropod) Wikipedia
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