Punctum blandianum
| Punctum blandianum | |
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| Dorsal, ventral and apertural views of a shell of Punctum blandianum. | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Order: | Stylommatophora |
| Family: | Punctidae |
| Genus: | Punctum |
| Species: | P. blandianum
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| Binomial name | |
| Punctum blandianum Pilsbry, 1900
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Punctum blandianum is a species of minute air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusc in the family Punctidae, the dot snails.
Shell description
[edit]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
[edit]This species is found in the United States, in the states of Tennessee, Virginia and Alabama.[2]
Habitat
[edit]Population sizes of Punctum blandianum have been observed to be five times larger on highly acidic sites than on basic sites.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ 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