Kora corallina
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| Kora corallina | |
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| Shell of Kora corallina (paratype at MNHN, Paris) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Order: | Stylommatophora |
| Family: | Megaspiridae |
| Genus: | Kora |
| Species: | K. corallina |
| Binomial name | |
| Kora corallina Simone, 2012[1] | |
Kora corallina is a species of a tropical air-breathing land snail, a pulmonate gastropod mollusc in the family Megaspiridae.
The scientific name Kora corallina is named in honour of Brazilian poet Cora Coralina.[1] Kora corallina is the type species of the genus Kora.[1] It was originally classified with the family Orthalicidae[1] and it was moved to the family Bulimulidae in 2016.[2]
