Punctidae

Punctidae
A live individual of Punctum minutissimum
Apical view of a shell of Punctum pygmaeum
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Stylommatophora
Family: Punctidae
Morse, 1864
Genera

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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).

  1. ^ "Punctidae". Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved 7 August 2021.