Paralaoma

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". MolluscaBase. Flanders Marine Institute. Retrieved 2021-08-14. {{cite web}}: |author= has generic name (help)
• Iredale, T. (1913). The land Mollusca of the Kermadec islands. Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London. 10(6): 364-388, pl. 18