Punctum randolphi

Species of gastropod

Punctum randolphi

Dorsal, ventral, and apertural views of a shell of Punctum randolphi, CM85566, Scale bar is 1 mm.
Scientific classification
Domain:  | Eukaryota
Kingdom:  | Animalia
Phylum:  | Mollusca
Class:  | Gastropoda
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

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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

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

## References

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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.

Taxon identifiers

Punctum randolphi|

* Wikidata: Q7260042
* BOLD: 320980
* EoL: 2566361
* GBIF: 4304737
* iNaturalist: 229454
* ITIS: 77342
* NCBI: 2065812
* Open Tree of Life: 7962554

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