Corona perversa

Corona perversa is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Orthalicidae. [1]

Corona perversa
shell of Corona perversa
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Heterobranchia

clade Euthyneura
clade Panpulmonata
clade Eupulmonata
clade Stylommatophora

informal group Sigmurethra
Superfamily:
Orthalicoidea
Family:
Orthalicidae
Subfamily:
Orthalicinae
Genus:
Corona
Species:
C. perversa
Binomial name
Corona perversa
(Swainson, 1820)
Synonyms
  • Orthalicus (Laeorthalicus) reginaeformis Strebel, 1909 (junior synonym)
  • Orthalicus reginaeformis Strebel, 1909

The shell of Corona perversa is normally left-handed or sinistral. This species lives in Brazil.

Corona perversa (Swainson, 1820), museum specimen

References
  1. MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Corona perversa (Swainson, 1823). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1442162 on 2021-02-19
  • Simone, L. R. L. (2006). Land and Freshwater Molluscs of Brazil. Editora Grafíca Bernardi, FAPESP. São Paulo, 390 pp.
  • Massemin D., Lamy D., Pointier J.P. & Gargominy O. (2009). Coquillages et escargots de Guyane. Mèze: Biotope. 456 pp


This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.