Punctum (gastropod)

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Punctum
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Punctum minutissimum
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
Superorder: Eupulmonata
Order: Stylommatophora
Family: Punctidae
Genus: Punctum
Morse, 1864 [1]
Type species
Helix minutissima
I. Lea, 1841
Synonyms [2]
  • Patula (Patulastra)L. Pfeiffer, 1879 (junior synonym)
  • PatulastraL. Pfeiffer, 1879
  • Punctum (Pseudopunctum)J. P. E. Morrison, 1935· accepted, alternate representation
  • Punctum (Punctum)Morse, 1864· accepted, alternate representation

Punctum is a genus of very small air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks or micromollusks in the subfamily Punctinae of the family Punctidae, the dot snails. [2]

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Distribution

This genus is found throughout the Holarctic ecozone, and also in South Africa and Mexico. [3]

Species

The genus Punctum includes the following species:

The type species is Helix minutissimaLea, 1841

Synonyms

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References

  1. ↑ Morse E. S. 1864. Observations on the terrestrial Pulmonifera, including a catalogue of all species of terrestrial and fluviatile Mollusca known to inhabit the state. Journal of the Portland Society of Natural History 1 (1): 1-63, Pl. I-II [= 1-2 ], 3-10.
  2. 1 2 MolluscaBase eds. (2022). MolluscaBase. Punctum Morse, 1864. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=866756 on 2022-03-03
  3. ↑ Pilsbry H.A. 1948. Land Mollusca of North America (North of Mexico). The Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, Monographs, 3, vol. 2 part 2: 521-1113.
  4. 1 2 "Species in genus Punctum" Archived 2019-09-17 at the Wayback Machine (n=2). AnimalBase, accessed 5 July 2011.
  5. ↑ "Synonyms of Helix pygmaea. accessed 5 July 2011.
  6. 1 2 Wronski T. & Hausdorf B. (2010). "Diversity and body-size patterns of land snails in rain forests in Uganda". Journal of Molluscan Studies 76(1): 87-100. doi : 10.1093/mollus/eyp048.
  7. ↑ Draparnaud J. P. R. 1801. Tableau des mollusques terrestres et fluviatiles de la France. pp. [1-2], 1-116. Montpellier, Paris. (Renaud; Bossange, Masson & Besson).
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