Biology:Craspedaria coronula

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Short description: Critically endangered species of gastropod

Craspedaria coronula
Naturalis Biodiversity Center - RMNH.MOL.295390 - Geomitra coronula (Lowe, 1852) - Hygromiidae - Mollusc shell.jpeg
Craspedaria coronula
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Class:
Family:
Genus:
Craspedaria
Species:
C. coronula
Binomial name
Craspedaria coronula
(Lowe, 1852)
Synonyms
  • Craspedaria (Coronaria) coronula (R. T. Lowe, 1852) · alternate representation
  • Geomitra coronula (R. T. Lowe, 1852) superseded combination
  • Helix coronula R. T. Lowe, 1852 (original combination)

Craspedaria coronula is a species of air-breathing land snail in the genus Geomitridae.[2]

Craspedaria coronula is endemic to the Madeira Archipelago, and is currently only found on Deserta Grande Island. It was originally described by English malacologist Richard Thomas Lowe in 1852, from a Quaternary fossil deposit found in the southern part of Bugio Island.

It has a conical white shell, 5–6 mm (0.20–0.24 in) in width and 3.5–4.5 mm (0.14–0.18 in) in length, with five whorls.[1]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 "Geomitra coronula". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/339307312. 
  2. Bank, R.A.; Neubert, E. (2017), Checklist of the land and freshwater Gastropoda of Europe, MolluscaBase 

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q81850335 entry