''Paralaoma'' is a
genus
Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus comes above species and below family. In binomial nom ...
of very small air-breathing
land snails,
terrestrial
Terrestrial refers to things related to land or the planet Earth.
Terrestrial may also refer to:
* Terrestrial animal, an animal that lives on land opposed to living in water, or sometimes an animal that lives on or near the ground, as opposed to ...
pulmonate gastropod mollusk
Mollusca is the second-largest phylum of invertebrate animals after the Arthropoda, the members of which are known as molluscs or mollusks (). Around 85,000 extant species of molluscs are recognized. The number of fossil species is e ...
s or
micromollusks in the subfamily
Laominae of the family
Punctidae
Punctidae, common name the "dot snails" or "pinhead snails", is a family of minute air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks or micromollusks in the informal group Sigmurethra (according to the taxonomy of the Ga ...
, the dot snails.
Species
The genus ''Paralaoma'' includes the following species:
* ''
Paralaoma ahena
''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 fol ...
''
Iredale, 1945
* ''
Paralaoma allochroida
''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 fol ...
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(Suter, 1890)
* ''
Paralaoma ambigua
''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 fol ...
''
Iredale, 1913
* ''
Paralaoma angusta
''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 fol ...
''
Vermeulen, Liew & Schilthuizen, 2015
* ''
Paralaoma annabelli
''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 fol ...
''
Shea & Griffiths, 2010
* ''
Paralaoma buddlei
''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 fol ...
''
Powell, 1951
* ''
Paralaoma burringtoni
''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 fol ...
''
(Pilsbry, 1930)
* ''
Paralaoma coloba''
(Pilsbry, 1894)
* ''
Paralaoma compar''
Iredale, 1944
* ''
Paralaoma depressior
''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 fol ...
''
Preston, 1913
* ''
Paralaoma gelida
''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 fol ...
''
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
''Semilaoma lidgbirdensis'', also known as the Mount Lidgbird pinhead snail, is a tiny species of land snail that is endemic to Australia's Lord Howe Island in the Tasman Sea.
Description
The depressedly turbinate shell of the mature snail is ...
''
(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.
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External links
*
Iredale, T. (1913). The land Mollusca of the Kermadec islands. Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London. 10(6): 364-388, pl. 18
Paralaoma,
Gastropod genera
Taxa named by Tom Iredale
Gastropods described in 1913
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