Corona (gastropod)

Corona
Corona pfeifferi
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Order:	Stylommatophora
Family:	Orthalicidae
Genus:	Corona Albers, 1850 [1]
Synonyms
Achatina (Corona)Albers, 1850 (original rank) LaeorthalicusStrebel, 1909 (junior synonym) MelaniorthalicusStrebel, 1909 MyiorthalicusStrebel, 1909 Orthalicus (Laeorthalicus)Strebel, 1909 · ParaliguusPilsbry, 1899 (established conditionnally as a substitute name for Corona Albers, 1850, if found to be junior homonym) ·

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: ^{[2] [3] [4] [5]}

• Corona atramentarius (Pfeiffer, 1855)^{[ citation needed ]}
• Corona duckei Ihering, 1915
• 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)^{[ citation needed ]}
• Corona ribeiroi Ihering, 1915
• Corona rosenbergi Strebel, 1909^{[ citation needed ]}

References

1. Albers J. C. (1850). Die Heliceen nach natürlicher Verwandtschaft systematisch geordnet von Joh. Christ. Albers. 262 pp. Berlin. page 193. (in German).
2. Discover Life.
3. 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.
4. Corona Albers, 1850 - Global Biodiversity Information Facility
5. Abbott, R. Tucker, 1989. Compendium of Landshells. American Malacologists, Inc: Melbourne FL. 240 pp. ISBN   0-915826-23-2.