Biology:Punctum randolphi

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Short description: Species of gastropod

Punctum randolphi
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Dorsal, ventral, and apertural views of a shell of Punctum randolphi, CM85566, Scale bar is 1 mm.
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
Order: Stylommatophora
Family: Punctidae
Genus: Punctum
Species:
P. randolphi
Binomial name
Punctum randolphi
Dall, 1895

Punctum randolphi is a species of minute air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Punctidae, the dot snails.

Shell description

The diameter of the shell of Punctum randolphi is between 1.25 and 1.4 mm wide. The exterior surface has a very faint sculpture of radial striae. The aperture of Punctum randolphi is wide and somewhat oblique. The umbilicus is small and deep.[1]

Distribution

Punctum randolphi is found in North America, in British Columbia, Washington, Oregon, and Idaho.

References

  1. 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.

Wikidata ☰ Q7260042 entry