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Kora corallina

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Species of gastropod

Kora corallina
Shell of Kora corallina (paratype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Stylommatophora
Family: Bulimulidae
Genus: Kora
Species: K. corallina
Binomial name
Kora corallina
Simone, 2012

Kora corallina is a species of a tropical air-breathing land snail, a pulmonate gastropod mollusc in the family Bulimulidae.

Taxonomy

The scientific name Kora corallina is named in honour of Brazilian poet Cora Coralina. Kora corallina is the type species of the genus Kora. It was originally classified with the family Orthalicidae and it was moved to the family Bulimulidae in 2016.

Distribution

Kora corallina occurs in Santa Maria da Vitória municipality, in Bahia, Brazil.

Description

This land snail occurs in Bahia, Brazil.

References

  1. ^ Simone L. R. L. (2012). "Taxonomical study on a sample of pulmonates from Santa Maria da Vitória, Bahia, Brazil, with description of a new genus and four new species (Mollusca: Orthalicidae and Megalobulimidae)". Papéis Avulsos de Zoologia 52(36): 431–439. doi:10.1590/S0031-10492012021600001, HTML.
  2. Salvador R. B. & Simone L. R. L. (2016). "A new species of Kora from Bahia, Brazil (Gastropoda: Pulmonata: Orthalicoidea), with an emended diagnosis of the genus". Stuttgarter Beiträge zur Naturkunde A 9: 1–7. doi:10.18476/sbna.v9.a1.
  3. MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Kora corallina Simone, 2012. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=874577 on 2021-04-13
Taxon identifiers
Kora corallina


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