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Punctum minutissimum (I. Lea, 1841)
1065360 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1065360)
accepted
Species
Helix minima True, 1857 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Helix minutissima I. Lea, 1841 · unaccepted (original combination)
Punctum (Punctum) minutissimum (I. Lea, 1841) · alternative representation
- Subspecies Punctum minutissimum minutissimum (I. Lea, 1841)
- Subspecies Punctum minutissimum rotundum Dall, 1926
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(of Helix minutissima I. Lea, 1841) Lea, I. (1841). On fresh water and land shells (continuation) [twenty-two new species of fresh water and land shells of the United States, chiefly from Alabama and Tennessee]. <em>Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society.</em> 2(19): 81-83 [on or before 16 November 1841 teste Scudder (1885: 34)]., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34521509
page(s): 82 [details]
page(s): 82 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Punctum minutissimum (I. Lea, 1841). Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1065360 on 2025-04-02
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original description
(of Helix minutissima I. Lea, 1841) Lea, I. (1841). On fresh water and land shells (continuation) [twenty-two new species of fresh water and land shells of the United States, chiefly from Alabama and Tennessee]. <em>Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society.</em> 2(19): 81-83 [on or before 16 November 1841 teste Scudder (1885: 34)]., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34521509
page(s): 82 [details]
original description (of Helix minima True, 1857) True, J. (1857). Shells gathered about Salem, Mass., with particular localities designated, and remarks on the species. <em>Proceedings of the Essex Institute.</em> 2: 187-197., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33157620
page(s): 193 [details]
basis of record Thompson, F. G. (2011). An annotated checklist and bibliography of the land and freshwater snails of México and Central America. <em>Florida Museum of Natural History Bulletin.</em> 50(1): 1-299. [details] Available for editors
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source of synonymy Pilsbry, H. A. (1949). Two overlooked synonyms. <em>The Nautilus.</em> 63(1): 36., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8520509 [details]
new combination reference Morse, E. S. (1864). Observations on the terrestrial Pulmonifera of Maine, including a catalogue of all the species of terrestrial and fluviatile Mollusca known to inhabit the state. <em>Journal of the Portland Society of Natural History.</em> 1(1): 1-63, pls 1-10., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16070837 [details]
page(s): 82 [details]
original description (of Helix minima True, 1857) True, J. (1857). Shells gathered about Salem, Mass., with particular localities designated, and remarks on the species. <em>Proceedings of the Essex Institute.</em> 2: 187-197., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33157620
page(s): 193 [details]
basis of record Thompson, F. G. (2011). An annotated checklist and bibliography of the land and freshwater snails of México and Central America. <em>Florida Museum of Natural History Bulletin.</em> 50(1): 1-299. [details] Available for editors

source of synonymy Pilsbry, H. A. (1949). Two overlooked synonyms. <em>The Nautilus.</em> 63(1): 36., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8520509 [details]
new combination reference Morse, E. S. (1864). Observations on the terrestrial Pulmonifera of Maine, including a catalogue of all the species of terrestrial and fluviatile Mollusca known to inhabit the state. <em>Journal of the Portland Society of Natural History.</em> 1(1): 1-63, pls 1-10., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16070837 [details]