| Punctidae | |
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| A live individual of Punctum minutissimum | |
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| Apical view of a shell of Punctum pygmaeum | |
| Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota | 
| Kingdom: | Animalia | 
| Phylum: | Mollusca | 
| Class: | Gastropoda | 
| Subclass: | Heterobranchia | 
| Order: | Stylommatophora | 
| Family: | Punctidae Morse, 1864  | 
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| Synonyms[1] | |
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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 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
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- 1 2 "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.
 
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