Punctidae,
common name the "dot snails" or "pinhead snails", is a
family
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of minute air-breathing
land snails,
terrestrial
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pulmonate gastropod mollusk
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s or
micromollusks in the informal group
Sigmurethra (according to the
taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005).
Genera
The family Punctidae has no subfamilies (according to the
taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005).
The family Punctidae includes the following genera:
* ''
Allenella''
Iredale, 1944
* ''
Charopinesta''
Iredale, 1944
* ''
Dignamoconcha''
Iredale, 1944
* ''
Goweriana
''Goweriana'' is a monotypic genus of pinhead or dot snails that is endemic to Australia's Lord Howe Island in the Tasman Sea.
Species
* '' Goweriana berniceae'' Shea & Griffiths, 2010 – Bernice's pinhead snail
Description
The shells of ...
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Shea & Griffiths, 2010
* ''
Paralaoma''
Iredale, 1913
* ''
Pernastela''
Iredale, 1944
* ''
Phrixgnathus''
Hutton, 1882
* ''
Punctum''
Morse, 1864
* ''
Semilaoma
''Semilaoma'' is a genus of three pinhead or dot snail species that are endemic to Australia's Lord Howe Island in the Tasman Sea
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Iredale, 1944
* and others
References
External links
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