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Superregnum: Eukaryota
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
Familiae (8): Charopidae - Cystopeltidae - Discidae - Endodontidae - HelicodiscidaeOopeltidaeOreohelicidae - Punctidae

Name

Punctoidea Morse, 1864
References
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Punctoidea in the World Register of Marine Species

Punctoidea is a superfamily of air-breathing land snails and slugs, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the informal group Sigmurethra.
Taxonomy

The superfamily Punctoidea is classified within the clade Stylommatophora within the clade Eupulmonata. As of 2017, it contains the following families:[1]

† Afrodontops Kadolsky, 2020
Charopidae Hutton, 1884
Cystopeltidae Cockerell, 1891
Discidae Thiele, 1931 (1866)
Endodontidae Pilsbry, 1895
Helicodiscidae Pilsbry, 1927
Oopeltidae Cockerell, 1891
Oreohelicidae Pilsbry, 1939
Punctidae Morse, 1864

References

Bank, R. (2017). Classification of the Recent terrestrial Gastropoda of the World. Last update: July 16, 2017.. World Register of Marine Species, Retrieved 10 January 2019.

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