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).

Punctidae
A live individual of Punctum minutissimum
Apical view of a shell of Punctum pygmaeum
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Stylommatophora
Family: Punctidae
Morse, 1864
Genera

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Synonyms[1]
  • Laomidae
  • Paralaomidae
  • Patulastridae

Genera

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The family Punctidae includes the following genera:[1]

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

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  1. ^ 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.