Cronia

Cronia

Cronia amygdala shell
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Muricoidea
Family:	Muricidae
Subfamily:	Ergalataxinae
Genus:	Cronia H. & A. Adams, 1835
Type species
Purpura amygdala Kiener, 1835
Synonyms^[1]
Cronia (Cronia) H. Adams & A. Adams, 1853 Morula (Cronia) H. Adams A. Adams, 1853 Purpura (Cronia) H. Adams & A. Adams, 1853 (original rank)

Cronia is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.^[1]

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

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)

Species

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