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Punctum (gastropod)
''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. 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 Distribution This genus is found throughout the Holarctic ecozone, and also in South Africa and Mexico. Species The genus ''Punctum'' includes the following species: The type species is ''Helix minutissima'' Lea, 1841 * '' Punctum abbadianum'' (Bourguignat, 1883) * '' Punctum adami'' Bruggen & Goethem, 2001 * † '' Punctum alveus'' Pierce, 1992 * '' Punctum amblygonum'' (Reinhardt, 1877) * '' Punctum apertum'' Pilsbry & Y. Hirase, 1904 * '' Punctum atomus'' Pilsbry & Hirase, 1904 * '' Punctum azoricum'' De Winter, 1988 [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Punctum Minutissimum
''Punctum minutissimum'' is a species of minute air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Punctidae, the dot snails. Shell description The shell of ''Punctum minutissimum'' is slightly translucent and pale brown in color. It is 1.1 to 1.3 mm wide, and has 3.5 to 4.5 whorls. The outer shell surface has a sculpture of radial striae, which are obvious under magnification. The underside of the shell has a very wide umbilicus, almost 25% of the shell's width. Distribution This species occurs in North America, from Maine to Florida, and west to Oregon and New Mexico. Habitat This small snail lives in damp leaf litter and decaying fallen beech logs. It is often found around polypore and bolete {{refimprove, date=July 2020 A bolete is a type of mushroom, or fungal fruiting body. It can be identified thanks to a unique mushroom cap. The cap is clearly different from the stem. On the underside of the cap there is usually a sp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
