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Corona (snail)
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Corona is a genus
of air-breathing land snail
s, terrestrial
pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Orthalicidae
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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.
Genus
In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...
of air-breathing land snail
Land snail
A land snail is any of the many species of snail that live on land, as opposed to those that live in salt water and fresh water. Land snails are terrestrial gastropod mollusks that have shells, It is not always an easy matter to say which species are terrestrial, because some are more or less...
s, terrestrial
Terrestrial animal
Terrestrial animals are animals that live predominantly or entirely on land , as compared with aquatic animals, which live predominantly or entirely in the water , or amphibians, which rely on a combination of aquatic and terrestrial habitats...
pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Orthalicidae
Orthalicidae
Orthalicidae are a family of tropical air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks are classified in the informal group Sigmurethra of the clade Stylommatophora...
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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.
Species
Species within the genus Corona include:- Corona atramentarius (Pfeiffer, 1855)
- Corona loroisiana (Hupé, 1857)
- Corona perversaCorona perversaCorona perversa is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Orthalicidae.The shell of Corona perversa is normally left-handed or sinistral. This species lives in Brazil....
(Swainson, 1820) - Corona pfeifferiCorona pfeifferiCorona pfeifferi is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Orthalicidae.- Distribution :The distribution of Corona pfeifferi includes:* Ecuador. It was described from Pastaza Province, Canelos...
(Hidalgo, 1869) - Corona regalis (Hupé, 1857)
- Corona regina (Ferussac, 1821)
- Corona ribeiroi Ihering, 1915
- Corona rosenbergi Strebel, 1909