''Corona'' is a

genus Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus comes above species and below family. In binomial nom ...

of air-breathing land snails,

terrestrial Terrestrial refers to things related to land or the planet Earth. Terrestrial may also refer to: * Terrestrial animal, an animal that lives on land opposed to living in water, or sometimes an animal that lives on or near the ground, as opposed to ...

pulmonate gastropod

mollusk Mollusca is the second-largest phylum of invertebrate animals after the Arthropoda, the members of which are known as molluscs or mollusks (). Around 85,000 extant species of molluscs are recognized. The number of fossil species is e ...

s in the family

Orthalicidae Orthalicidae (orthalicid land snails) are a family of tropical air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks are classified in the subfamily Orthalicoidea of the order Stylommatophora. MolluscaBase eds. (2021). Mollusca ...

. Snails in this genus are restricted in range to central and northern South America. These snails have medium to large elongated shells. CoronaPerversa

Species

Species within the genus ''Corona'' include: Abbott, R. Tucker, 1989. ''Compendium of Landshells''. American Malacologists, Inc: Melbourne FL. 240 pp. . * ''

Corona atramentarius Corona (from the Latin for 'crown') most commonly refers to: * Stellar corona, the outer atmosphere of the Sun or another star * Corona (beer), a Mexican beer * Corona, informal term for the coronavirus SARS-CoV-2, which causes the COVID-19 dis ...

'' (Pfeiffer, 1855) * ''

Corona incisa Corona (from the Latin for 'crown') most commonly refers to: * Stellar corona, the outer atmosphere of the Sun or another star * Corona (beer), a Mexican beer * Corona, informal term for the coronavirus SARS-CoV-2, which causes the COVID-19 dis ...

'' (Hupé, 1857) (synonym: ''Bulimus incisus'' Hupé, 1857) * ''

Corona loroisiana Corona (from the Latin for 'crown') most commonly refers to: * Stellar corona, the outer atmosphere of the Sun or another star * Corona (beer), a Mexican beer * Corona, informal term for the coronavirus SARS-CoV-2, which causes the COVID-19 dis ...

'' (Hupé, 1857) * ''

Corona perversa ''Corona perversa'' is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Orthalicidae. MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Corona perversa (Swainson, 1823). Accessed through: World Register of Mar ...

'' (Swainson, 1820) * ''

Corona pfeifferi ''Corona pfeifferi'' is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial animal, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Orthalicidae. Distribution The distribution of ''Corona pfeifferi'' includes: * List of non-marine moll ...

'' (Hidalgo, 1869) * ''

Corona regalis Corona (from the Latin for 'crown') most commonly refers to: * Stellar corona, the outer atmosphere of the Sun or another star * Corona (beer), a Mexican beer * Corona, informal term for the coronavirus SARS-CoV-2, which causes the COVID-19 dis ...

'' (Hupé, 1857) * ''

Corona regina Corona (from the Latin for 'crown') most commonly refers to: * Stellar corona, the outer atmosphere of the Sun or another star * Corona (beer), a Mexican beer * Corona, informal term for the coronavirus SARS-CoV-2, which causes the COVID-19 dis ...

'' (Férussac, 1821) * ''

Corona regius Corona (from the Latin for 'crown') most commonly refers to: * Stellar corona, the outer atmosphere of the Sun or another star * Corona (beer), a Mexican beer * Corona, informal term for the coronavirus SARS-CoV-2, which causes the COVID-19 dis ...

'' (Férussac) * ''

Corona ribeiroi Corona (from the Latin for 'crown') most commonly refers to: * Stellar corona, the outer atmosphere of the Sun or another star * Corona (beer), a Mexican beer * Corona, informal term for the coronavirus SARS-CoV-2, which causes the COVID-19 dis ...

'' Ihering, 1915 * '' Corona rosenbergi'' Strebel, 1909

References

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