Paralaoma servilis

Paralaoma servilis is a species of very small air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the family Punctidae, the dot snails.^[1]

Paralaoma servilis
shell] of Paralaoma servilis (specimen at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Order:	Stylommatophora
Family:	Punctidae
Genus:	Paralaoma
Species:	P. servilis
Binomial name
Paralaoma servilis (Shuttleworth, 1852)
Synonyms
Helix (Discus) derelicta Legrand, 1871 (junior synonym) Helix (Helicella) pusilla R. T. Lowe, 1831 (name preoccupied; non Helix pusilla Vallot, 1801) Helix (Patula) cryophila E. von Martens, 1865 (junior synonym) Helix (Patula) stellata Brazier, 1871 (junior synonym) Helix arenicola Tate, 1878 (unavailable: not Helix arenicola Lowe, Lowe, 1854) Helix caputspinulae Reeve, 1852 (junior synonym) Helix discors Petterd, 1902 (junior synonym) Helix epsilon L. Pfeiffer, 1853 Helix hobarti Cox, 1868 (junior synonym) Helix morti Cox, 1864 (junior synonym) Helix mucoides Tenison Woods, 1879 (junior synonym) Helix paradoxa Cox, 1864 (junior synonym) Helix salaziensis G. Nevill, 1870 (junior synonym) Helix servilis Shuttleworth, 1852 (original combination) Helix similis Cox, 1868 (junior synonym) Helix sitiens Legrand, 1871 (junior synonym) Helix tenuicostata L. Pfeiffer, 1846 (junior synonym) Hyalina conspecta Bland, 1865 Microphysa pumila Hutton, 1882 Paralaoma caputspinulae (Reeve, 1852) (junior synonym) Paralaoma decresensis Iredale, 1937 (junior synonym) Paralaoma duncombei Iredale, 1945 (junior synonym) Paralaoma pumila (Hutton, 1882) Paralaoma raoulensis'' Iredale, 1913 (junior synonym) Paralaoma royi Iredale, 1944 (junior synonym) Paralaoma stabilis Iredale, 1937 (junior synonym) Paraloma servilis (Shuttleworth, 1852) (incorrect spelling of generic name) Patula lederi O. Boettger, 1880 (junior synonym) Pleuropunctum micropleuros Punctum conspectum (Bland, 1865) (junior synonym) Punctum conspectum alleni Pilsbry in Pilsbry & Ferriss, 1919 Punctum conspectum var. pasadenae Pilsbry, 1896 (junior synonym) Punctum cryophilum (E. von Martens, 1865) Punctum lederi (O. Boettger, 1880) (invalid combination) Punctum lederi var. meridionalis O. Boettger, 1905 (junior synonym) Radiodiscus misiollemis Hylton Scott, 1957 (junior synonym) Radiodiscus misionensis Hylton Scott, 1957 Radiodiscus pilsbryi Hylton Scott, 1957 Subfectola caputspinulae (Reeve, 1852) (junior synonym) Tachyphasis (Tachyphasis) salaziensis (Nevill, 1870) Toltecia pusilla (Lowe, 1831) Zonites diegoensis Hemphill in W. G. Binney, 1892

Distribution

The native range for this species is thought to be New Zealand. However, the species is known to occur worldwide in numerous countries and islands outside of its native range, including:

• Great Britain
• Uganda^[2]
• Kenya^[2]
• Tanzania^[2]
• Belgium
• France