Punctidae

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Punctidae
A live individual of Punctum minutissimum
Apical view of a shell of Punctum pygmaeum
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Order:	Stylommatophora
Family:	Punctidae Morse, 1864
Genera
See text
Synonyms[1]
Laomidae Paralaomidae Patulastridae

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).

Genera[]

The family Punctidae has no subfamilies (according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005).

The family Punctidae includes the following genera:^[1]

• Allenella Iredale, 1944
• Charopinesta Iredale, 1944
• Dignamoconcha Iredale, 1944
• Goweriana Shea & Griffiths, 2010
• Paralaoma Iredale, 1913
• Pernastela Iredale, 1944
• Hutton, 1882
• Punctum Morse, 1864
• Semilaoma Iredale, 1944
• and others

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