Genus Paralaoma Iredale, 1913
Pinhead Snails
Compiler and date details
November 2013 - Dr John Stanisic
- Paralaoma Iredale, T. 1913. The land Mollusca of the Kermadec Islands. Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London 10: 364-388 [Sept. 1913] [380].
Type species:
Paralaoma raoulensis Iredale, 1913 by monotypy.
Introduction
Paralaoma is characterised by a minute shell that has a combination of coarse radial sculpture with fine underlying spiral threads, moderately raised spire and comparatively wide, V-shaped umbilicus.
Distribution
States
New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria
Extra Distribution Information
Australia and SW Pacific islands; New Zealand
IBRA
Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Kanmantoo (KAN), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP) ; NSW, Qld, Tas, Vic: Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP) ; NSW, Qld, Vic: Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Nandewar (NAN), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), New England Tablelands (NET), NSW North Coast (NNC), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Riverina (RIV), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Victorian Midlands (VM) ; NSW, Tas, Vic: South East Coastal Plain (SCP) ; NT: Great Sandy Desert (GSD), MacDonnell Ranges (MAC) ; SA: Eyre Yorke Block (EYB) ; Tas: Ben Lomond (BEL), Flinders (FLI), Tasmanian Northern Midlands (TNM), Tasmanian South East (TSE), Tasmanian Southern Ranges (TSR) ; Tas, Vic: King (KIN), Tasmanian Central Highlands (TCH), Tasmanian Northern Slopes (TNS), Tasmanian West (TWE)
Other Regions
Lord Howe Island terrestrial & freshwater, Norfolk Island terrestrial & freshwater
Distribution References
- Iredale, T. 1937. An annotated check list of the land shells of South and Central Australia. South Australian Naturalist 18: 6-59 [30 Sept. 1937]
- Iredale, T. 1939. A review of the land Mollusca of Western Australia. Records of the Western Australian Museum 2(1): 1-88 [published 1 Aug 1939; same text re-published 21 Aug.1939 in Journal of the Royal Society of Western Australia 25:1–88]
- Smith, B.J. & Kershaw, R.C. 1979. Field Guide to the Non-marine Molluscs of South-eastern Australia. Canberra : A.N.U. Press 285 pp.
- Smith, B.J & Kershaw, R.C. 1981. Tasmanian land and freshwater molluscs. Fauna of Tasmania Handbook no. 5 Hobart : University of Tasmania 148 pp.
- Stanisic, J., Shea, M., Potter, D. & Griffiths, O. 2010. Australian Land Snails. A field guide to eastern Australian species. Mauritius : Bioculture Press Vol. 1 595 pp.
Diagnosis
Shells minute to very small, depressedly turbinate to trochoidal; spire elevated; whorls rounded to shouldered; protoconch with widely spaced spiral cords, teleoconch sculpture of closely to widely spaced radial ribs, microsculpture of radial growth threads and fine spiral lirae; umbilicus wide to narrow. Colour waxy brown.
Diagnosis References
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History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 06-Feb-2014 | PUNCTOIDEA | 06-Feb-2014 | MODIFIED | Dr John Stanisic |
| 12-Feb-2010 | (import) |