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.

Paralaoma
Five shells of Paralaoma servilis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
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

Species edit

The genus Paralaoma includes the following species:

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 edit

  • Powell, A. W. B. (1939). "The Mollusca of Stewart Island". Records of the Auckland Institute and Museum. 2: 211–238. ISSN 0067-0464. JSTOR 42905983. Wikidata Q58676613.
  • AnimalBase page for this genus at: [1]

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