Punctum pygmaeum is a species of very small, air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Punctidae, the dot snails.
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Is it venomous or poisonous?
We have no record of Dwarf Snail being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.
Easily confused with
- Paralaoma servilis
- Pyramidula pusilla
- Hawaiia minuscula
- Discus whitneyi
- Discus ruderatus
- Vallonia costata
Classification
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Mollusca
- Class
- Gastropoda
- Order
- Stylommatophora
- Family
- Punctidae
- Genus
- Punctum
- Species
- Punctum pygmaeum
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