Punctum blandianum
| Punctum blandianum | |
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| Dorsal, ventral and apertural views of a shell of Punctum blandianum. | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Heterobranchia clade Euthyneura clade Panpulmonata clade Eupulmonata clade Stylommatophora |
| Superfamily: | Punctoidea |
| Family: | Punctidae |
| Genus: | Punctum |
| Species: | P. blandianum |
| Binomial name | |
| Punctum blandianum Pilsbry, 1900 | |
Punctum blandianum is a species of minute air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Punctidae, the dot snails.
Shell description
The shell of P. blandianum is between 1.1 and 1.3 mm wide. The outer shell surface has a sculpture of radial striae, which are obvious under magnification. The umbilicus is about one third the width of the shell.[1]
Distribution
This species is found in the USA, in the states of Tennessee, Virginia and Alabama.[2]
Habitat
Population sizes ofPunctum blandianum have been observed to be five times larger on highly acidic sites than on basic sites.[3]
References
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ Burch, J.B. How to Know the Eastern Land Snails. WM. C Brown Co., Dubuque, IA 1962
- ↑ Nekola, J. C. 2010. Acidophilic Terrestrial Gastropod Communities of North America, Journal of Molluscan Studies Advance Access: doi:10.1093/mollus/eyp053
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