Classification Information
Domain: Eukarya
-An organism is classified as an eukaryote if it has membrane
bound cell with a nucleus.
Kingdom: Animalia
-The Animal kingdom is an extensive group of mulitcellular
organisms whose body plan eventually becomes fixed as they
develop through their lifecycle.
Phylum: Mollusca
-To be in the phylum Mollusca an organism must be an
invertebrate. Molluscs often have a mantle (used for structure
and protection) and have a specialized nervous system.
Class: Gastropoda
-This is commonly referred to the snail and slug class.
Contains organisms with many habitats, anatomy, feeding, and
reproductive adaptations.
Order: Punctoidea
-Organisms in this order are air-breathing land snails and
slugs. Terrestrial gastropods fall into this category.
Famliy: Punctidae
-Punctidaes or “dot snails” fall into this famly because of
their small size and all breath air on land.
Genus: Punctum
-Very small air breathing land snails (six species included).
Species: P. minutissium
-“Small Spot” is this snail’s common name. It is classified as
having a pale brown semi-translucent shell between 1.1-1.3 mm in
diameter. You can find it in damp leaf litter and in decaying
beech logs within North America.