Craspedaria coronula

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Craspedaria coronula
Naturalis Biodiversity Center - RMNH.MOL.295390 - Geomitra coronula (Lowe, 1852) - Hygromiidae - Mollusc shell.jpeg
Craspedaria coronula
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C. coronula
Binomial name
Craspedaria coronula
(Lowe, 1852)
Synonyms
  • Craspedaria (Coronaria) coronula(R. T. Lowe, 1852) · alternate representation
  • Geomitra coronula(R. T. Lowe, 1852) superseded combination
  • Helix coronulaR. T. Lowe, 1852 (original combination)

Craspedaria coronula is a species of air-breathing land snail in the family Geomitridae. [2]

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Distribution

Craspedaria coronula is endemic to the Madeira Archipelago, where it is only found on the Desertas Islands. It was originally described by English malacologist Richard Thomas Lowe in 1852, from Quaternary fossil deposits found in the southern part of Bugio Island.

Description

It has a conical white shell, 5–6 mm (0.20–0.24 in) in width and 3.5–4.5 mm (0.14–0.18 in) in length, with five whorls. [1]

References

  1. 1 2 Teixeira, Dinarte; Silva, I; Klaus, Groh; Cameron, Robert (2018). "Geomitra coronula". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species.
  2. Bank, R.A.; Neubert, E. (2017), Checklist of the land and freshwater Gastropoda of Europe, MolluscaBase