Corona (gastropod)

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

Corona
Corona pfeifferi
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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

References


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