Paralaoma

Short description: Genus of land snails

Paralaoma

Five shells of Paralaoma servilis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:  | Animalia
Phylum:  | Mollusca
Class:  | Gastropoda
Subclass:  | Heterobranchia
Superorder:  | Eupulmonata
Order:  | Stylommatophora
Family:  | Punctidae
Genus:  | Paralaoma
Iredale, 1913
Synonyms

* Fectola (Subfectola) Powell, 1939
* Paraloma Iredale, 1913
* Pleuropunctum Germain, 1928
* Punctum (Toltecia) Pilsbry, 1926
* Subfectola Powell, 1939
* Toltecia Pilsbry, 1926

Paralaoma is a genus of very small air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks or micromollusks in the subfamily Laominae of the family Punctidae, the dot snails.

## Species

The genus Paralaoma includes the following species:

* Paralaoma ahena Iredale, 1945
* Paralaoma allochroida (Suter, 1890)
* Paralaoma ambigua Iredale, 1913
* Paralaoma angusta Vermeulen, Liew & Schilthuizen, 2015
* Paralaoma annabelli Shea & Griffiths, 2010
* Paralaoma buddlei Powell, 1951
* Paralaoma burringtoni (Pilsbry, 1930)
* Paralaoma coloba (Pilsbry, 1894)
* Paralaoma compar Iredale, 1944
* Paralaoma depressior Preston, 1913
* Paralaoma gelida Iredale, 1941
* Paralaoma goweri Iredale, 1944
* Paralaoma hottentota (Melvill & Ponsonby, 1891)
* Paralaoma innesi Iredale, 1944
* Paralaoma insularis (Cotton, 1939)
* Paralaoma lateumbilicata (Suter, 1890)
* Paralaoma manawatawhia Goulstone & Brook, 1999
* Paralaoma mazatlanica (L. Pfeiffer, 1856)
* Paralaoma miserabilis (Iredale, 1913)
* Paralaoma morti (Cox, 1864)
* Paralaoma pagoda Climo, 1973
* Paralaoma perminuta Preston, 1913
* Paralaoma pilsbryi (Hylton Scott, 1957)
* Paralaoma raki Goulstone & Brook, 1999
* Paralaoma raricostata (Suter, 1890)
* Paralaoma regia Powell, 1948
* Paralaoma retinoides (Tate, 1894)
* Paralaoma sarawakensis Marzuki, T. S. Liew & Mohd-Azlan, 2021
* † Paralaoma senex B. A. Marshall & Worthy, 2017
* Paralaoma sericata (Suter, 1890)
* Paralaoma serratocostata (Webster, 1906)
* Paralaoma servilis (Shuttleworth, 1852)
* Paralaoma textilis (Pilsbry, 1920)
* † Paralaoma thomsoni (Suter, 1917)
* Paralaoma turbotti Powell, 1948

Synonyms

* Paralaoma abjecta Iredale, 1944: synonym of Semilaoma abjecta (Iredale, 1944) (original combination)
* Paralaoma angustum Vermeulen, Liew & Schilthuizen, 2015: synonym of Paralaoma angusta Vermeulen, Liew & Schilthuizen, 2015 (incorrect gender ending)
* Paralaoma caputspinulae (Reeve, 1852): synonym of Paralaoma servilis (Shuttleworth, 1852) (junior synonym)
* Paralaoma decresensis Iredale, 1937: synonym of Paralaoma caputspinulae (Reeve, 1852): synonym of Paralaoma servilis (Shuttleworth, 1852) (junior synonym)
* Paralaoma duncombei Iredale, 1945: synonym of Paralaoma caputspinulae (Reeve, 1852): synonym of Paralaoma servilis (Shuttleworth, 1852) (junior synonym)
* Paralaoma lidgbirdensis Iredale, 1944: synonym of Semilaoma lidgbirdensis (Iredale, 1944) (original combination)
* Paralaoma orestias Preston, 1913: synonym of Christianoconcha orestias (Preston, 1913) (original combination)
* Paralaoma pumila (Hutton, 1882): synonym of Paralaoma servilis (Shuttleworth, 1852)
* Paralaoma raoulensis Iredale, 1913: synonym of Paralaoma servilis (Shuttleworth, 1852) (junior synonym)
* Paralaoma royi Iredale, 1944: synonym of Paralaoma servilis (Shuttleworth, 1852) (junior synonym)
* Paralaoma stabilis Iredale, 1937: synonym of Paralaoma caputspinulae (Reeve, 1852): synonym of Paralaoma servilis (Shuttleworth, 1852) (junior synonym)

## References

* Powell, A.W.B. (1939). The Mollusca of Stewart Island. Records of the Auckland Institute and Museum 2: 211–238.
* AnimalBase page for this genus at: [1]

## External links

* MolluscaBase eds (2021). "Paralaoma Iredale, 1913". Flanders Marine Institute. https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=818453.
* Iredale, T. (1913). The land Mollusca of the Kermadec islands. Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London. 10(6): 364-388, pl. 18

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