Corona is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Orthalicidae.
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| Genus: | Corona |
Snails in this genus are restricted in range to central and northern South America. These snails have medium to large elongated shells.
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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 edit
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Corona (mollusc).
- ^ 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.
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