Paralaoma

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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

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[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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