Punctum (gastropod)

Punctum
Punctum minutissimum
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Superorder: Eupulmonata
Order: Stylommatophora
Family: Punctidae
Genus: Punctum
Morse, 1864
Type species
Helix minutissima
I. Lea, 1841
Synonyms
  • 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.

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