Corona (gastropod)
| 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 |
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
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Corona perversa (Swainson, 1820), museum specimen
Species
Species within the genus Corona include:[3][4][5][6]
- Corona atramentarius (Pfeiffer, 1855)
- Corona loroisiana (Hupé, 1857)
- Corona perversa (Swainson, 1820)
- Corona pfeifferi (Hidalgo, 1869)
- Corona regalis (Hupé, 1857)
- Corona regina (Férussac, 1821)
- Corona ribeiroi Ihering, 1915
- Corona rosenbergi Strebel, 1909
References
- ↑ Mónica Lucía Vera Ardila (2008). "Lista de los géneros de moluscos terrestres de Colombia (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Prosobranchia: Mesogastropoda y Pulmonata: Stylommatophora)" (PDF). Biota Colombiana. 9 (1): 39–62.
- ↑ Albers J. C. (1850). Die Heliceen nach natürlicher Verwandtschaft systematisch geordnet von Joh. Christ. Albers. 262 pp. Berlin. page 193.
- ↑ Discover Life.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ Archived 2008-08-19 at the Wayback Machine. Global Biodiversity Information Facility.
- ↑ Abbott, R. Tucker, 1989. Compendium of Landshells. American Malacologists, Inc: Melbourne FL. 240 pp. ISBN 0-915826-23-2.
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