Biology:Corona (gastropod)

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Short description: Genus of gastropods


Corona
Corona pfeifferi.png
Corona pfeifferi
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Class:
(unranked):
Superfamily:
Family:
Subfamily:
Orthalicinae[1]
Genus:
Corona

Albers, 1850[2]

Corona is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Orthalicidae.

Snails in this genus are restricted in range to central and northern South America. These snails have medium to large elongated shells.

The shell of Corona perversa, a left-handed or sinistral species
Corona perversa (Swainson, 1820), museum specimen

Species

Species within the genus Corona include:[3][4][5][6]

  • Corona atramentarius (Pfeiffer, 1855)
  • Corona incisa (Hupé, 1857) (synonym: Bulimus incisus Hupé, 1857)
  • Corona loroisiana (Hupé, 1857)
  • Corona perversa (Swainson, 1820)
  • Corona pfeifferi (Hidalgo, 1869)
  • Corona regalis (Hupé, 1857)
  • Corona regina (Férussac, 1821)
  • Corona regius (Férussac)
  • Corona ribeiroi Ihering, 1915
  • Corona rosenbergi Strebel, 1909

References

Wikidata ☰ Q5172116 entry