Punctum blandianum is a species of small air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusc in the family Punctidae, the dot snails.
Shell description The shell of P. blandianum is between 1.1 and 1.3 mm wide. The outer shell surface has a sculpture of radial striae, which are obvious under magnification. The umbilicus is about one third the width of the shell.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.
Distribution This species is found in the United States, in the states of Tennessee, Virginia and Alabama.Burch, J.B. How to Know the Eastern Land Snails. WM. C Brown Co., Dubuque, IA 1962
Habitat Population sizes of Punctum blandianum have been observed to be five times larger on highly acidic sites than on basic sites.Nekola, J. C. 2010. Acidophilic Terrestrial Gastropod Communities of North America, Journal of Molluscan Studies Advance Access:
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