Description: A tiny red-brown flattened shell with fine, close, growth lines creating a matt sheen. Umbilicus open and wide. Widespread in wet places. 1.2-1.5 mm wide.

World Distribution: Found throughout Europe and across Siberia. Distribution type: Eurasian Wide-temperate (65).

Irish Distribution: Widespread and generally common.

Ecology:

• Common in wet unimproved pasture and in the margins of wetlands
• Also in wet woodland
• Where acidic ground conditions occur it is usually restricted to woodland habitats

Key Identification Features:

• Shell tiny, flattened, with a low spire
• Surface reddish-brown, with fine, close, growth lines creating a matt sheen
• Umbilicus open and wide

Red list status:

• Least concern (lc).

Distribution Map from NBN: Punctum pygmaeum at National Biodiversity Network mapping facility, data for UK.

iNaturalist: Punctum pygmaeum at iNaturalist World Species Observations database.

GBIF data for Punctum pygmaeum | Classification: Gastropoda, Stylommatophora, Punctidae, Punctum

Thumbnails for genus Punctum