Corona (gastropod)
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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.
Species
[edit]Species within the genus Corona include:[3][4][5][6]
- Corona atramentarius (Pfeiffer, 1855)
- 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)
- Corona ribeiroi Ihering, 1915
- Corona rosenbergi Strebel, 1909
References
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- ^ 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.
- ^ Albers J. C. (1850). Die Heliceen nach natürlicher Verwandtschaft systematisch geordnet von Joh. Christ. Albers. 262 pp. Berlin. page 193. (in German).
- ^ 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. p. 32.
- ^ Corona Albers, 1850 - Global Biodiversity Information Facility
- ^ Abbott, R. Tucker, 1989. Compendium of Landshells. American Malacologists, Inc: Melbourne FL. 240 pp. ISBN 0-915826-23-2.