Type species: Lepralia jeffreysi Norman, 1876
This genus includes the species:
| Parasmittina aculeata | Tilbrook, 2006 | Recent | Pacific west Solomon Is. |
| Parasmittina alanbanneri | Soule & Soule, 1973 | Recent | Hawaii |
| Parasmittina alaskensis | Osburn, 1952 | Recent | Alaska |
| Parasmittina aleutensis | Soule & Soule, 2002 | Recent | Alaska |
| Parasmittina anderseni | Cheetham & Sandberg, 1964 | Holocene | USA (Gulf of Mexico) |
| Parasmittina aotea | (Brown, 1952) | Recent | New Zealand |
| Parasmittina areolata | (Canu & Bassler, 1927) | Recent | Hawaii, Brazil, Belize, Mauritius(?) |
| Parasmittina auris | Guha & Gopikrishna, 2007 | Paleogene Eocene Lutetian | India Gujarat |
| Parasmittina avicularissima | Gontar, 1982 | Recent | North Pacific |
| Parasmittina aviculifera | Soule & Soule, 2002 | Recent | California |
| Parasmittina aviculoumbonata | Kataoka, 1961 | Neogene Pliocene-Pleistocene | Japan |
| Parasmittina betamorphaea | Winston, 2005 | Recent | West Atlantic Caribbean |
| Parasmittina bimucronata | (Hincks, 1884) | Recent | Burma |
| Parasmittina californica | (Robertson, 1908) | Recent | California |
| Parasmittina cautela | Hayward, 1988 | Recent | Mauritius |
| Parasmittina cheilodon | (MacGillivray, 1869) | Recent | Southern Australia |
| Parasmittina chikagawaensis | Hayami, 1975 | Neogene Pliocene-Pleistocene | Japan |
| Parasmittina circinanata | Liu, 2001 | Recent | west North Pacific |
| Parasmittina circularis | Soule & Soule, 1973 | Recent | Hawaii |
| Parasmittina collifera | (Robertson, 1908) | Recent | California |
| Parasmittina collum | (Canu & Bassler, 1920) | Paleogene Eocene Priabonian | USA Carolinas |
| Parasmittina contraria | Seo, 1992 | Recent | Korea |
| Parasmittina crosslandi | (Hastings, 1930) | Recent Neogene |
East Pacific Central America |
| Parasmittina crosslandi serrata | Madihavan Pillai, 1981 | Recent | Indian Ocean |
| Parasmittina delicatula | (Busk, 1884) | Recent | Hawaii, New Zealand, Australia |
| Parasmittina dentigera | Harmer, 1957 | Recent | Indonesia |
| Parasmittina dependeo | Tilbrook, 2006 | Recent | Pacific west - Solomon Is. |
| Parasmittina dolabrata | Soule & Soule, 1973 | Recent | Galapagos, E.Pacific |
| Parasmittina dubitata | Hayward, 1980 | Recent | South Atlantic |
| Parasmittina egyptiaca | (Waters, 1909) | Recent | Egypt |
| Parasmittina emersoni | Soule & Soule, 1973 | Recent | Hawaii |
| Parasmittina erecta | Gordon & d'Hondt, 1997 | Recent | Southwest Pacific |
| Parasmittina exasperatrix | d'Hondt, 1986 | Recent | New Caledonia |
| Parasmittina exiguiuncinata | Tilbrook, 2006 | Recent | Pacific west - Solomon Is. |
| Parasmittina fistulata | (Harmer 1957) | Recent | Indo-West Pacific, western Australia |
| Parasmittina floridana | Winston, 2005 | Recent | West Atlantic - Caribbean |
| Parasmittina fraseri | Osburn, 1952 | Recent | Mexico |
| Parasmittina galerita | Ryland & Hayward, 1992 | Recent | Great Barrier Reef |
| Parasmittina glabra | Gordon & d'Hondt, 1997 | Recent | Southwest Pacific |
| Parasmittina glomerata | (Thornely, 1912) | Recent | Indian Ocean |
| Parasmittina gujaratica | Guha & Gopikrishna, 2007 | Paleogene Eocene Lutetian | India Gujarat |
| Parasmittina hanzawae | Kataoka, 1960 | Recent | Japan |
| Parasmittina harudiensis | Guha & Gopikrishna, 2007 | Paleogene Eocene Lutetian | India Gujarat |
| Parasmittina hastingsae | Soule & Soule, 1973 | Recent | Hawaii, Vanuatu, Indonesia, Australia |
| Parasmittina ilioensis | Soule & Soule, 1973 | Recent | Hawaii |
| Parasmittina inalienata | Tilbrook, 2006 | Recent | Pacific west - Solomon Is. |
| Parasmittina jeffreysi | (Norman, 1876) | Recent | Arctic |
| Parasmittina jeffreysii avicularissima | Gontar, 1982 | Recent | west North Pacific |
| Parasmittina japonica | (Ortmann, 1890) | Recent | Japan |
| Parasmittina johni | Guha & Gopikrishna, 2007 | Paleogene Eocene Lutetian | India Gujarat |
| Parasmittina kauaiensis | Soule & Soule, 1973 | Recent | Hawaii |
| Parasmittina kirkpatricki | Hayward, 1988 | Recent | Mauritius |
| Parasmsmittina labellum | Canu & Bassler, 1928 | Recent | Gulf of Mexico |
| Parasmittina latiavicularia | (Kirkpatrick, 1888) | Recent | Mauritius, GBR |
| Parasmittina lavela | Soule & Soule, 2002 | Recent | Colombia |
| Parasmittina leviavicularia | Soule & Soule, 1973 | Recent | Hawaii |
| Parasmittina longirostrata | Liu, 2001 | Recent | west North Pacific |
| Parasmittina macginitiei | Soule & Soule, 2002 | Recent | Alaska |
| Parasmittina macphersonae | Powell, 1967 | Recent | Southern Australia |
| Parasmittina margaritata | Hayward, 1988 | Recent | Mauritius |
| Parasmittina marginata | (Canu & Bassler, 1929) | Recent | Pacific west Philippines |
| Parasmittina marsupialis | (Busk, 1884) | Recent | Hawaii |
| Parasmittina masudai | Hayami, 1975 | Neogene Miocene-Pliocene | Japan |
| Parasmittina mauritiana | Hayward, 1988 | Recent | Mauritius |
| Parasmittina mexicana | Pouyet & Herrera-Anduaga, 1986 | Recent | Mexico |
| Parasmittina munita | (Hincks, 1884) | Recent | Australia |
| Parasmittina murarmata | (Kirkpatrick, 1888) | Recent | Mauritius |
| Parasmittina natalensis | O'Donoghue, 1957 | Recent | Indian Ocean South Africa |
| Parasmittina nitida | (Verrill, 1875) | Recent | S. Atlantic |
| Parasmittina novella | Hayward & Cook, 1983 | Recent | South Africa |
| Parasmittina obstructa | (Waters, 1889) | Recent | Australia |
| Parasmittina okadai | Hayami, 1975 | Neogene Miocene | Japan |
| Parasmittina onychorrhyncha | Ryland & Hayward, 1992 | Recent | Great Barrier Reef |
| Parasmittina ornata | (Thornely, 1912) | Recent | Mauritius |
| Parasmittina ovilirata | Tilbrook, 2006 | Recent | Pacific west - Solomon Is. |
| Parasmittina paradicei | (Livingstone, 1926) | Recent | Great Barrier Reef |
| Parasmittina parsevaliformis | Soule & Soule, 1973 | Recent | Hawaii |
| Parasmittina parsevalii | (Audouin, 1826) | Recent | Gulf of Suez |
| Parasmittina parsloeparsloei | Hayward & Parker, 1994 | Recent | southern Australia |
| Parasmittina parvitatis | Tilbrook, 2006 | Recent | Pacific west - Solomon Is. |
| Parasmittina parviuncinata | Soule & Soule, 1973 | Recent | Hawaii |
| Parasmittina pectinata | Hayward & Parker, 1994 | Recent | southern Australia |
| Parasmittina peristoavicularia | Kataoka, 1961 | Neogene Pliocene-Pleistocene | Japan |
| Parasmittina pinctatae | Liu, 2001 | Recent | west North Pacific |
| Parasmittina plana | Kataoka, 1961 | Neogene Pleistocene | Japan |
| Parasmittina pluriavicularis | Moyano, 1982 | Recent | Chile |
| Parasmittina projecta | (Okada & Mawatari, 1937) | Recent | Japan |
| Parasmittina protecta | (Thornely, 1905) | Recent | West Africa, Indian Ocean |
| Parasmittina proximoproducta | Moyano, 1983 | Recent | Chile |
| Parasmittina pugetensis | Soule & Soule, 2002 | Recent | NW USA |
| Parasmittina pyriformis | Seo, 2002 | Recent | Northwest Pacific - Korea |
| Parasmittina raigiformis | Soule & Soule, 1973 | Recent | Hawaii |
| Parasmittina raigii | (Audouin, 1826) | Recent | Gulf of Suez |
| Parasmittina raigioidea | Liu, 2001 | Recent | Northwest Pacific - China |
| Parasmittina recidiva | Hayward, 1988 | Recent | Mauritius |
| Parasmittina regularis | Soule & Soule, 2002 | Recent | California |
| Parasmittina rimula | Tilbrook, 2006 | Recent | Pacific west - Solomon Is. |
| Parasmittina rostriformis | (Kirkpatrick, 1888) | Recent | Mauritius |
| Parasmittina rouvillei | (Calvet, 1902) | Recent | Mediterranean |
| Parasmittina saccoi | (Canu, 1913) | Neogene Miocene Burdigalian | France |
| Parasmittina santacruzana | Soule & Soule, 2002 | Recent | California |
| Parasmittina serrula | Soule & Soule, 1973 | Recent | Pacific, Caribbean |
| Parasmittina shibikawaensis | Hayami, 1975 | Neogene Pliocene | Japan |
| Parasmittina solenosmilioides | Hayward & Parker, 1994 | Recent | Australia, Indo-west Pacific |
| Parasmittina talismani | (Calvet, 1907) | Recent | Cape Verde |
| Parasmittina telum | (Canu & Bassler, 1920) | Paleogene Oligocene Rupelian | USA, Europe |
| Parasmittina triangularis | (Mawatari, 1952) | Recent | Japan |
| Parasmittina trianguliforma | Soule & Soule, 2002 | Recent | Mexico |
| Parasmittina trispinosa | (Johnston, 1838) | Recent | Europe |
| Parasmittina trispinosa acuta | (Canu & Bassler, 1929) | Recent | Pacific west Philippines |
| Parasmittina trispinosa aomoriensis | Kataoka, 1957 | Neogene Pliocene | Japan |
| Parasmittina trispinosa granosa | (Canu & Bassler, 1929) | Recent | Pacific west Philippines |
| Parasmittina trispinosa loxa | (Marcus, 1938) | Recent | Atlantic Ocean - St Helena |
| Parasmittina trispinosa macroavicularia | (Androsova, 1958) | Recent | North Pacific - Sakhalin |
| Parasmittina trispinosa nanshaensis | Lu, 1991 | Recent | west North Pacific |
| Parasmittina tropica | (Waters, 1909) | Recent | Mauritius, W.Africa, Indonesia, Australia, Mediterranean |
| Parasmittina trunculata | Tilbrook, 2006 | Recent | Pacific west - Solomon Is. |
| Parasmittina tubula | (Kirkpatrick, 1888) | Recent | Mauritius |
| Parasmittina tubulata | Osburn, 1952 | Recent | California, Mexico |
| Parasmittina turbula | Ryland & Hayward, 1992 | Recent | Great Barrier Reef |
| Parasmittina uncinata | Soule & Soule, 1973 | Recent | Hawaii |
| Parasmittina vacuramosa | Lu, Nie & Zhong in Lu, 1991 | Recent | Indo-Pacific including Australia |
| Parasmittina variabilis | Liu, 2001 | Recent | Northwest Pacific - China |
| Parasmittina winstonae | Liu, 2001 | Recent | Northwest Pacific - China |
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| Parasmittina alanbanneri (Thanks to Dr D. Soule) |
Parasmittina areolata (Thanks to Dr D. Soule) |
Parasmittina circularis (Thanks to Dr D. Soule) |
Parasmittina crosslandi |
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| Parasmittina delicatula | Parasmittina dolabrata (Thanks to Dr D. Soule) |
Parasmittina emersoni (Thanks to Dr D. Soule) |
Parasmittina hastingsae (Thanks to Dr D. Soule) |
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| Parasmittina ilioensis (Thanks to Dr D. Soule) |
Parasmittina kauaiensis (Thanks to Dr D. Soule) |
Parasmittina leviavicularia (Thanks to Dr D. Soule) |
Parasmittina marsupialis (Thanks to Dr D. Soule) |
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| Parasmittina parsevaliformis (Thanks to Dr D. Soule) |
Parasmittina parsloeparsloei - A colour photograph by Karen Gowlett-Holmes is available. |
Parasmittina parviuncinata (Thanks to Dr D. Soule) |
Parasmittina raigiformis (Thanks to Dr D. Soule) |
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| Parasmittina serrula (Thanks to Dr D. Soule) |
Parasmittina trianguliforma (Thanks to Dr D. Soule) |
Parasmittina uncinata (Thanks to Dr D. Soule) |
This information is based upon various sources, but little personal knowledge. I am
indebted to the late Alan Horowitz for his compilation, and to Dr. J. Pachut.
I would be grateful for corrections to, or critical reviews of this information.
This is not a 'final' version (an impossible ideal), but a working document.
Parasmittina page at NMITA
Parasmittina trispinosa at Encyclopedia of Marine Life of Britain and Ireland.
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