Punctidae, common name the "dot snails" or "pinhead snails", is a family of minute air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks or micromollusks in the informal group Sigmurethra (according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005).
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| A live individual of Punctum minutissimum | |
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| Apical view of a shell of Punctum pygmaeum | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Heterobranchia |
| Order: | Stylommatophora |
| Family: | Punctidae Morse, 1864 |
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Genera edit
The family Punctidae includes the following genera:[1]
- Subfamily Laominae Suter, 1913
- Allenella Iredale, 1944
- Charopinesta Iredale, 1944
- Christianoconcha Iredale, 1945
- Dignamoconcha Iredale, 1944
- Goweriana Shea & Griffiths, 2010
- Gratilaoma Iredale, 1939
- Iotula Iredale, 1941
- Kaputaresta J. Stanisic, 2010
- Kokikora Climo & Goulstone, 1995
- Kokopapa Climo & Mahlfeld, 2012
- Laoma Gray, 1850
- Laomarex A. W. B. Powell, 1948
- Laomavix Iredale, 1933
- Laomopa Iredale, 1945
- Magilaoma Iredale, 1937
- Miselaoma Iredale, 1933
- Obanella Dell, 1952
- Paralaoma Iredale, 1913
- Pasmaditta Kershaw & B. J. Smith, 1986
- Pedicamista Kershaw & B. J. Smith, 1986
- Pernastela Iredale, 1944
- Phrixgnathus Hutton, 1882
- Pichikadi Vargas-Almonacid & Stuardo, 2007
- Pseudiotula J. Stanisic, 2010
- Semilaoma Iredale, 1944
- Taguahelix A. W. B. Powell, 1955
- Tescilaoma J. Stanisic, 2018
- Trocholaoma Iredale, 1937
- Turbolaoma Iredale, 1937
- Westralaoma Iredale, 1939
- Subfamily Punctinae E. S. Morse, 1864
- Punctum Morse, 1864
- Genus †Atactolaoma B. A. Marshall & Worthy, 2017
- Synonyms
- Allentula Iredale, 1958: synonym of Allenella Iredale, 1944 (unnecessary substitute name for Alenella Iredale, 1944)
- Paraloma Iredale, 1913: synonym of Paralaoma Iredale, 1913 (incorrect subsequent spelling)
- Pleuropunctum Germain, 1928: synonym of Paralaoma Iredale, 1913
- Toltecia Pilsbry, 1926: synonym of Paralaoma Iredale, 1913
References edit
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- ^ a b "Punctidae". Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved 7 August 2021.
- Bank, R. A. (2017). Classification of the Recent terrestrial Gastropoda of the World. Last update: July 16, 2017.
- Bouchet P., Rocroi J.P., Hausdorf B., Kaim A., Kano Y., Nützel A., Parkhaev P., Schrödl M. & Strong E.E. (2017). Revised classification, nomenclator and typification of gastropod and monoplacophoran families. Malacologia. 61(1-2): 1–526.