Corona (gastropod)

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Corona
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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]

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 CoronaPerversa.jpg
The shell of Corona perversa , a left-handed or sinistral species
Corona perversa (Swainson, 1820), museum specimen Naturalis Biodiversity Center - ZMA.MOLL.386330 - Corona perversa (Swainson, 1820) - Orthalicidae - Mollusc shell.jpeg
Corona perversa (Swainson, 1820), museum specimen

Species

Species within the genus Corona include: [3] [4] [5] [6]

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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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