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.

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, 1841Punctum abbadianum Punctum adami Bruggen & Goethem, 2001
  • † Punctum alveus Pierce, 1992 Punctum amblygonum Punctum apertum Pilsbry & Y. Hirase, 1904Punctum atomus Pilsbry & Hirase, 1904Punctum azoricum De Winter, 1988Punctum blandianum Pilsbry, 1900Punctum boreale Pilsbry & Y. Hirase, 1905Punctum bristoli Punctum brucei Punctum californicum Pilsbry, 1898Punctum camerunense de Winter, 2017Punctum depressum Odhner, 1922Punctum elachistum Pilsbry & Y. Hirase, 1904Punctum hainanensis Punctum hannai B. Roth, 1985Punctum horneri Ancey, 1904Punctum infans Pilsbry & Y. Hirase, 1904Punctum japonicum Pilsbry, 1900Punctum kilimanjaricum Verdcourt, 1978Punctum lepta Punctum lozeki Horsák & Meng, 2018Punctum micropleuros Punctum minutissimum I. Lea, 1841 – but Helix minutissima may be considered as a synonym of Punctum pygmaeumPunctum mokotoense Abdou & Bouchet, 2000Punctum morseanum Pilsbry, 1902Punctum nimbaense de Winter, 2017
  • † Punctum oligocaenicum Zinndorf, 1901 Punctum orphana Punctum pallidum Connolly, 1922
  • † Punctum parvulum Gottschick, 1920
  • † Punctum parvulum A. B. Leonard, 1972 )
  • † Punctum patagonicum Miquel & P. E. Rodriguez, 2016 Punctum petiti Fischer-Piette & Vukadinovic, 1971Punctum polynesicum Solem, 1983
  • † Punctum propygmaeum Andreae, 1904
  • † Punctum pumilio Jooss, 1918 Punctum pygmaeum – type speciesPunctum randolphi Dall, 1895Punctum rota Pilsbry & Hirase, 1904Punctum seychellarum Gerlach, 1998Punctum smithi Morrison, 1935Punctum taiwanicum Pilsbry & Hirase, 1905Punctum ugandanum Punctum ussuriense Likharev & Rammelmeyer, 1952Punctum vitreum H. B. Baker, 1930
;Synonyms:Punctum Pilsbry, 1926: synonym of Paralaoma Iredale, 1913Punctum abyssinicum : synonym of Trachycystis abyssinica Punctum clappi Pilsbry, 1898: synonym of Planogyra clappi Punctum conicum Odhner, 1922: synonym of Sinployea conica Punctum conspectum : synonym of Paralaoma servilis Punctum cryophilum : synonym of Toltecia pusilla : synonym of Paralaoma servilis Punctum homalospira : synonym of Psichion homalospira Punctum hottentotum : synonym of Paralaoma hottentota Punctum lederi : synonym of Paralaoma servilis
  • † Punctum victoris : synonym of † ''Lucilla victoris''