Cronia is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.[1]
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| Cronia amygdala shell | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Muricoidea |
| Family: | Muricidae |
| Subfamily: | Ergalataxinae |
| Genus: | Cronia H. & A. Adams, 1835 |
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| Purpura amygdala Kiener, 1835 | |
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Description edit
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 edit
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 edit
- ^ a b Cronia H. & A. Adams, 1835. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
- ^ 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
- ^ Cronia amygdala (Kiener, 1835). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
- ^ Cronia aurantiaca (Hombron & Jacquinot, 1853). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
- ^ Cronia avellana (Reeve, 1846). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
External links edit
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- 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
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