Corona (snail)

Taxobox
name = Corona

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"Corona perversa"

a sinistral (left-handed spiral) species

regnum = Animalia
phylum = Mollusca
classis = Gastropoda
ordo = Pulmonata
subordo = Eupulmonata
infraordo = Stylommatophora
parvordo = Sigmurethra
familia = Orthalicidae
genus = "Corona"
genus_authority = 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 [ [http://www.discoverlife.org] Discover Life.] [ [http://www.xs4all.nl/~hotpnl/page3/page10/assets/Checklist%20Ecuador_v02.pdf] 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".] [ [http://newportal.gbif.org] Global Biodiversity Information Facility.] [Abbott, R. Tucker, 1989. "Compendium of Landshells". American Malacologists, Inc: Melbourne FL. 240 pp. ISBN 0-915826-23-2.]

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