Corona (gastropod)

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

Corona
Corona pfeifferi
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura
clade Panpulmonata
clade Eupulmonata
clade Stylommatophora
informal group Sigmurethra
Superfamily:
Orthalicoidea
Family:
Orthalicidae
Subfamily:
Orthalicinae[1]
Genus:
Corona

Albers, 1850[2]

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
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References
  1. Mónica Lucía Vera Ardila (2008). "Lista de los géneros de moluscos terrestres de Colombia (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Prosobranchia: Mesogastropoda y Pulmonata: Stylommatophora)" (PDF). Biota Colombiana (in Spanish). 9 (1): 39–62. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 February 2009.
  2. Albers J. C. (1850). Die Heliceen nach natürlicher Verwandtschaft systematisch geordnet von Joh. Christ. Albers. 262 pp. Berlin. page 193. (in German).
  3. Discover Life.
  4. Breure, A. S. H. An annotated checklist of the land snail family Orthalicidae (Gastropoda, Pulmonata, Orthalicoidea) in Ecuador, with notes on the distribution of the mainland species. p. 32.
  5. Corona Albers, 1850 - Global Biodiversity Information Facility
  6. Abbott, R. Tucker, 1989. Compendium of Landshells. American Malacologists, Inc: Melbourne FL. 240 pp. ISBN 0-915826-23-2.


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