Punctoidea

Punctoidea
	A live individual of Discus rotundatus in the family Discidae
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Order:	Stylommatophora
Suborder:	Helicina
Superfamily:	Punctoidea; Morse, 1864
Families
	According to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda (Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005): Punctidae; Charopidae; Cystopeltidae; Discidae; Endodontidae; Helicodiscidae; Oreohelicidae

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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[1] 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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