Cronia

Cronia
Cronia amygdala shell
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Muricoidea
Family:	Muricidae
Subfamily:	Ergalataxinae
Genus:	Cronia H. & A. Adams, 1835
Type species
Purpura amygdala Kiener, 1835
Synonyms [1]
Cronia (Cronia)H. Adams & A. Adams, 1853 Morula (Cronia)H. Adams A. Adams, 1853 Purpura (Cronia)H. Adams & A. Adams, 1853 (original rank)

For the ancient Greek festival, see Kronia.

Cronia is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails. ^[1]

Description

The shell is ovate. The spire is acuminated. The aperture is moderate. The inner lip is callous at the upper part. The columella is straight and simple anteriorly. ^[2]

Species

Species within the genus Cronia include:

• Cronia amygdala (Kiener, 1835) ^[3]
• Cronia aurantiaca (Hombron & Jacquinot, 1853) ^[4]
• Cronia avellana (Reeve, 1846) ^[5]
• † Cronia tengawaica Laws, 1933

Species inquirendum

• Cronia obockensis (Jousseaume, 1888)

Species brought into synonymy

• Cronia amygdata [sic]: synonym of Cronia amygdala (Kiener, 1835) (misspelling)
• Cronia avenacea (Lesson, 1842): synonym of Usilla avenacea (Lesson, 1842)
• Cronia contracta (Reeve, 1846): synonym of Ergalatax contracta (Reeve, 1846)
• Cronia coronata (A. Adams, 1853): synonym of Pinaxia coronata A. Adams, 1853
• Cronia crassulnata (Hedley, 1915): synonym of Ergalatax crassulnata (Hedley, 1915)
• Cronia fiscella (Gmelin, 1791): synonym of Muricodrupa fiscellum (Gmelin, 1791): synonym of Murichorda fiscellum (Gmelin, 1791)
• Cronia heptagonalis (Reeve, 1846): synonym of Ergalatax heptagonalis (Reeve, 1846) (synonym)
• Cronia iostoma (A. Adams, 1853): synonym of Murex iostoma A. Adams, 1853: synonym of Spinidrupa euracantha (A. Adams, 1853) (synonym)
• Cronia konkanensis (Melvill, 1893): synonym of Semiricinula konkanensis (Melvill, 1893)
• Cronia latiaxidea (G. B. Sowerby III, 1894): synonym of Lataxiena fimbriata (Hinds, 1844) (synonym)
• Cronia margariticola (Broderip in Broderip & Sowerby, 1833): synonym of Drupella margariticola (Broderip, 1833)
• Cronia marginatra (Blainville, 1832): synonym of Neothais marginatra (Blainville, 1832)
• Cronia martensi (Dall, 1923): synonym of Ergalatax junionae Houart, 2008
• Cronia muricina (Blainville, 1832): synonym of Semiricinula muricina (Blainville, 1832)
• Cronia ochrostoma (Blainville, 1832): synonym of Pascula ochrostoma (Blainville, 1832)
• Cronia ozenneana (Crosse, 1861): synonym of Pascula ozenneana (Crosse, 1861)
• Cronia pseudamygdala (Hedley, 1903): synonym of Cronia aurantiaca (Hombron & Jacquinot, 1848)
• Cronia spinosa (Adams H. & A., 1853): synonym of Morula spinosa (H. Adams & A. Adams, 1853)
• Cronia subnodulosa (Melvill, 1893): synonym of Orania subnodulosa (Melvill, 1893)
• Cronia tosana (Pilsbry, 1904): synonym of Usilla tosana (Pilsbry, 1904)

References

1. Cronia H. & A. Adams, 1835 . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 25 April 2010.
2. Adams, H. & Adams, A. (1853-1858). The genera of Recent Mollusca; arranged according to their organization. London, van Voorst. Vol. 1: xl + 484 pp.; vol. 2: 661 pp.; vol. 3: 138 pls
3. Cronia amygdala (Kiener, 1835) . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 25 April 2010.
4. Cronia aurantiaca (Hombron & Jacquinot, 1853) . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 25 April 2010.
5. Cronia avellana (Reeve, 1846) . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 25 April 2010.

External links

• Adams H. & Adams A. (1853-1858). The genera of Recent Mollusca; arranged according to their organization. London, van Voorst. Vol. 1: xl + 484 pp.; vol. 2: 661 pp.; vol. 3: 138 pls
• Claremont M., Houart R., Williams S.T. & Reid D.G. (2013). A molecular phylogenetic framework for the Ergalataxinae (Neogastropoda: Muricidae). Journal of Molluscan Studies. 79(1): 19-29