Laoma

Laoma marina, copyright Karin Mahlfeld, David Roscoe, Frank Climo.


Belongs within: Punctoidea.

Laoma is an Australasian genus of very small snails with a somewhat glossy, narrowly perforated shell bearing plates within the aperture.

Laoma Gray 1850 [Laominae] BR05
    |--*L. leimonias (Gray 1850) [=Bulimus (*Laoma) leimonias] P61
    |--L. ciliata Suter 1894 P61
    |--L. elegans Suter 1896 P61
    |--L. labyrinthica Powell 1948 P61
    |--L. marina (Hutton 1883) P61
    |--L. pirongaensis Suter 1894 P61
    |--L. poecilosticta (Pfeiffer 1853) P61
    |    |--L. p. poecilosticta P61
    |    `--L. p. conicula Suter 1907 P61
    `--L. subantarctica (Suter 1909) [=Phenacohelix subantarctica] G01

*Type species of generic name indicated

REFERENCES

[BR05] Bouchet, P., & J.-P. Rocroi. 2005. Classification and nomenclator of gastropod families. Malacologia 47 (1–2): 1–397.

[G01] Goulstone, J. F. 2001. A revision of the genus Phenacohelix Suter, 1892 (Mollusca: Pulmonata) with descriptions of four new species and reassignment of Thalassohelix ziczag (Gould, 1846). Records of the Auckland Museum 38: 39–82.

[P61] Powell, A. W. B. 1961. Shells of New Zealand: An illustrated handbook 4th ed. Whitcombe and Tombs Limited: Christchurch.

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