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Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Spiralia
Cladus: Lophotrochozoa
Phylum: Mollusca
Classis: Gastropoda
Subclassis: Heterobranchia
Infraclassis: Euthyneura
Cohors: Tectipleura
Subcohors: Panpulmonata
Superordo: Eupulmonata
Ordo: Stylommatophora
Subordo: Helicina
Superfamilia Incertae sedis: Punctoidea

Familia: Punctidae
Subfamiliae (2): Laominae – Punctinae

Genus Incertae sedis (1): † Atactolaoma

Overview of genera (31 + 1†): Allenella – Charopinesta – Christianoconcha – Dignamoconcha – Goweriana – Gratilaoma – Iotula – Kaputaresta – KokikoraKokopapaLaomaLaomarex – Laomavix – Laomopa – Magilaoma – Miselaoma – ObanellaParalaoma – Pasmaditta – Pedicamista – Pernastela – Phrixgnathus – Pichikadi – Pseudiotula – Punctum – Semilaoma – Taguahelix – Tescilaoma – Trocholaoma – Turbolaoma – Westralaoma – †Atactolaoma
Name

Punctidae Morse, 1864
Synonyms

Laomidae Suter, 1913
Paralaomidae Iredale, 1941
Patulastridae Steenberg, 1925

References
Primary references

Morse, E.S. 1864. Observations on the Terrestrial Pulmonifera of Maine: including a Catalogue of all the Species of terrestrial and fluviatile Mollusca known to inhabit the State. Journal of the Portland Society of Natural History 1: 1–63. BHL Reference page.

Additional references

Bouchet P. & Rocroi J.P. (Ed.) (2005) Classification and nomenclator of gastropod families. Malacologia: International Journal of Malacology, 47 (1–2). ConchBooks: Hackenheim, Germany. ISBN 3-925919-72-4. ISSN 0076-2997. 397 pp.

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Punctidae in the World Register of Marine Species

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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"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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