Punctum (gastropod)

Punctum
Punctum minutissimum
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
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)
  • Patulastra L. 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]

  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. ^ a b 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 3 March 2022