Helix pygmæa Draparnaud, 1801 Punctum pygmaeum is a species of very small, air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Punctidae, the dot snails.

[2] The 0.6-0.8 x 1.2-1.6 mm shell is almost flat, extremely densely and regularly striated, appearing silky shiny light horny brown.

There are 3-3.5 moderately convex whorls, the aperture is rounded, with a thin margin which is not reflected and without a lip.

[3] These gastropods are commonly found in damp, dim, and undisturbed areas[4] including the margins or wetlands, wet woodland, and leaf-littered forests.

They commonly lay their eggs underneath damp soil or rocks.