Punctidae, common name the "dot snails" or "pinhead snails", is a family of small 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:

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

• Servanda Houston, 2008

• 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

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References

Further reading

• 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.