Punctulum minutum

Punctulum minutum
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Littorinimorpha
Superfamily: Rissooidea
Family: Rissoidae
Genus: Punctulum
Species: P. minutum
Binomial name
Punctulum minutum
Golikov & Fedjakov in Scarlato, 1987
Synonyms[1]

Alvania minuta (Golikov & Fedjakov, 1987)

Punctulum minutum is a species of minute sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the family Rissoidae.[1]

Description

The shell grows to a length of 2 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in Arctic waters off the White Sea and the Okhotsk Sea.

References

  1. 1 2 Rosenberg, G.; Bouchet, P. (2012). Punctulum minutum Golikov & Fedjakov, 1987. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=423707 on 2012-11-04


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