Geomitra coronula
Critically endangered species of gastropod
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Geomitra coronula is a species of air-breathing land snail in the family Geomitridae.[2][3]
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Order: | Stylommatophora |
| Family: | Geomitridae |
| Genus: | Geomitra |
| Species: | G. coronula |
| Binomial name | |
| Geomitra coronula (Lowe, 1852) | |
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Distribution
Geomitra coronula is endemic to the Madeira Archipelago, where it is only found on the Desertas Islands. It was originally described by English malacologist Richard Thomas Lowe in 1852, from Quaternary fossil deposits found in the southern part of Bugio Island.
Description
It has a conical white shell, 5–6 mm (0.20–0.24 in) in width and 3.5–4.5 mm (0.14–0.18 in) in length, with five whorls.[1]
