Corona (gastropod)
Genus of gastropods
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Corona is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Orthalicidae.
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Order: | Stylommatophora |
| Family: | Orthalicidae |
| Genus: | Corona Albers, 1850[1] |
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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
Species within the genus Corona include:[2][3][4][5]
- Corona atramentarius (Pfeiffer, 1855) [citation needed]
- Corona duckei Ihering, 1915
- 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) [citation needed]
- Corona ribeiroi Ihering, 1915
- Corona rosenbergi Strebel, 1909 [citation needed]
