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Punctum (gastropod)

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Genus of gastropods

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
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.

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

Synonyms
  • Punctum (Toltecia) Pilsbry, 1926: synonym of Paralaoma Iredale, 1913
  • Punctum abyssinicum (Jickeli, 1874): synonym of Trachycystis abyssinica (Jickeli, 1874)
  • Punctum clappi Pilsbry, 1898: synonym of Planogyra clappi (Pilsbry, 1898) (original combination)
  • Punctum conicum Odhner, 1922: synonym of Sinployea conica (Odhner, 1922) (original combination)
  • Punctum conspectum (Bland, 1865): synonym of Paralaoma servilis (Shuttleworth, 1852) (junior synonym)
  • Punctum cryophilum (E. von Martens, 1865): synonym of Toltecia pusilla (Lowe, 1831): synonym of Paralaoma servilis (Shuttleworth, 1852)
  • Punctum homalospira (Morelet, 1883): synonym of Psichion homalospira (Morelet, 1883) (superseded combination)
  • Punctum hottentotum (Melvill & Ponsonby, 1891): synonym of Paralaoma hottentota (Melvill & Ponsonby, 1891) (superseded combination)
  • Punctum lederi (O. Boettger, 1880): synonym of Paralaoma servilis (Shuttleworth, 1852) (invalid combination)
  • Punctum victoris (Michaud, 1862): synonym of † Lucilla victoris (Michaud, 1862)

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 , 3–10.
  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 3 March 2022
  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. ^ "Species in genus Punctum" Archived 17 September 2019 at the Wayback Machine (n=2). AnimalBase, accessed 5 July 2011.
  5. "Synonyms of Helix pygmaea. accessed 5 July 2011.
  6. ^ 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. , 1–116. Montpellier, Paris. (Renaud; Bossange, Masson & Besson).
  • Fujie, A. (2000). Holocene Fossil Assemblages of Minute Land Molluscs from Sand Dunes on Kikaijima lsland in the Amami Archipelago, Japan. Venus (Journal of the Malacological Society of Japan). 59 (4): 317–324

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