Corona (snail)

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Corona
Corona perversaa sinistral (left-handed spiral) species
Corona perversa
a sinistral (left-handed spiral) species
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Pulmonata
Suborder: Eupulmonata
Infraorder: Stylommatophora
Parvorder: Sigmurethra
Family: Orthalicidae
Genus: Corona
Albers 1850


Corona is a genus of gastropods, terrestrial snails in the family Orthalicidae. These are medium to large elongated snails, restricted in range to central and northern South America.
The genus contains the following species:

  • Corona atramentarius (Pfeiffer, 1855)
  • Corona loroisiana (Hupé, 1857)
  • Corona perversa (Swainson, 1820)
  • Corona pfeifferi (Hidalgo, 1869)
  • Corona regalis (Hupé, 1857)
  • Corona regina (Ferussac, 1821)
  • Corona ribeiroi Ihering, 1915
  • Corona rosenbergi Strebel, 1909 [1] [2] [3] [4]

[edit] References

  1. ^ [1] Discover Life.
  2. ^ [2] 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.
  3. ^ [3] Global Biodiversity Information Facility.
  4. ^ Abbott, R. Tucker, 1989. Compendium of Landshells. American Malacologists, Inc: Melbourne FL. 240 pp. ISBN 0-915826-23-2.
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