''Paralaoma'' is a

genus Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family (taxonomy), family as used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In bino ...

of very small air-breathing

land snail A land snail is any of the numerous species of snail that live on land, as opposed to the sea snails and freshwater snails. ''Land snail'' is the common name for terrestrial molluscs, terrestrial gastropod mollusks that have gastropod shell, shel ...

s, 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

* * AnimalBase page for this genus at

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 {{Punctidae-stub