Craspedaria coronula

Craspedaria coronula is a species of air-breathing land snail in the genus Geomitridae.[2]

Craspedaria coronula
Craspedaria coronula
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
Family:
Geomitridae
Genus:
Craspedaria
Species:
C. coronula
Binomial name
Craspedaria coronula
(Lowe, 1852)
Synonyms
  • † Craspedaria (Coronaria) coronula (R. T. Lowe, 1852) · alternate representation
  • † Geomitra coronula (R. T. Lowe, 1852) superseded combination
  • † Helix coronula R. T. Lowe, 1852 (original combination)

Craspedaria coronula is endemic to the Madeira Archipelago, and is currently only found on Deserta Grande Island. It was originally described by English malacologist Richard Thomas Lowe in 1852, from a Quaternary fossil deposit found in the southern part of Bugio Island.

It has a conical white shell, 5–6 mm (0.20–0.24 in) in width and 3.5–4.5 mm (0.14–0.18 in) in length, with five whorls.[1]

References
  1. Teixeira, Dinarte; Silva, I; Klaus, Groh; Cameron, Robert (2018). "Geomitra coronula". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species.
  2. Bank, R.A.; Neubert, E. (2017), Checklist of the land and freshwater Gastropoda of Europe, MolluscaBase


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